Ornithodoros
Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Ixodoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Argasidae
Subfamilia: Ornithodorinae
Genus: Ornithodoros
Subgenera:
O. (Microargas) –:
O. transversus
O. (Ornamentum) –:
O. coriaceus
O. (Ornithodoros) –:
O. apertus –
O. compactus –
O. eremicus –
O. indica –
O. kalahariensis –
O. moubata –
O. noorsveldensis –
O. pavimentosus –
O. phacochoerus –
O. porcinus –
O. procaviae –
O. savignyi –
O. waterbergensis
O. (Pavlovskyella) –:
O. alactagalis –
O. arenicolous –
O. asperus –
O. brasiliensis –
O. cholodkovskyi –
O. cooleyi –
O. costalis –
O. furcosus –
O. graingeri –
O. grenieri –
O. hermsi –
O. kairouanensis –
O. marocanus –
O. merionesi –
O. nattereri –
O. nicollei –
O. normandi –
O. occidentalis –
O. papillipes –
O. parkeri –
O. rostratus –
O. rupestris –
O. sonrai –
O. sparnus –
O. tartakovskyi –
O. tholozani –
O. turicata –
O. verrucosus –
O. zumpti
O. (Theriodoros) –:
O. erraticus
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O. kohlsi
Check for redirects: O. boliviensis – O. brodyi – O. cavernicolous – O. coriaceus – O. coniceps – O. dusbabeki – O. dyeri – O. fonsecai – O. guaporensis – O. gurneyi – O. kelleyi –O. knoxjonesi – O. lahorensis – O. macmillani – O. maritimus – O. muesebecki – O. nattereri – O. nicollei – O. quilinensis – O. rudis – O. steini – O. tartakovskyi – O. tholozani – O. transversus –
Name
- Type species: Ornithodoros savignyi (Audouin, 1827)
Synonyms
- Microargas Hoogstraal & Kohls, 1966 [As subgenus]
- Ornamentum Clifford, Kohls & Sonenshine, 1964
- Pavlovskyella Klompen & Oliver, 1993 [As subgenus]
- Proknekalia Keirans, Hoogstraal] & Clifford, 1977
- Reticulinasus Schulze, 1941
- Theriodoros Pospelova-Strom, 1950 (as subgenus, often as synonym but see Muñoz-Leal et al., 2024 proposing revalidation - but then not explicit about the included species beyond the type species O. erraticus)
References
Primary references
- Koch, C.L. 1837. Übersicht des Arachnidensystems. Nürnberg, Heft 1, pp. 1–39. BHL Reference page. [p. 11]
Additional references
- Estrada-Peña, A. & Jongejan, J. 1999. Ticks Feeding on Humans: A Review of Records on Human-Biting Ixodoidea with Special Reference to Pathogen Transmission. Experimental & Applied Acarology 23(9): 685–715. DOI: 10.1023/a:1006241108739
Reference page. - Landulfo, G.A. et al. 2013: Description of nymphal instars of Ornithodoros mimon Kohls, Clifford & Jones, 1969 (Acari: Argasidae). Zootaxa 3710(2): 179–191. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3710.2.4 Reference page.
- Mans, B.J., Kelavad, S., Pienaara, R., Featherstone, J., Castro, M.H. de, Quetglas, J., Reeves, W.K., Durden, L.A., Miller, M.M., Laverty, T.M., Shao, R., Takano, A., Kawabata, H., Moustafa, M.A.M., Nakao, R., Matsuno, K., Greay, T.L., Evasco, K.L., Barker, D., Barker, S.C. 2021. Nuclear (18S-28S rRNA) and mitochondrial genome markers of Carios (Carios) vespertilionis (Argasidae) support Carios Latreille, 1796 as a lineage embedded in the Ornithodorinae: re-classification of the Carios sensu Klompen and Oliver (1993) clade into its respective subgenera. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 12: 101688. DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2021.101688 Reference page.
- Mans, B.J., Kelava, S., Doube, B.M., Shaw, M.D., Teo, E.J.M., Barker, D., Pienaar, R., Castro, M.H. de, Gofton, A., Nakao, R. & Barker, S.C. 2025. Independent lineages from five zoogeographic realms: the mitochondrial genome of Ornithodoros (Pavlovskyella) gurneyi Warburton, 1926 (Acari: Argasidae) confirms paraphyly of the subgenus Pavlovskyella Pospelova-Shtrom, 1950. Zootaxa 5665(3): 397–409. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5665.3.5 Reference page.
- Muñoz-Leal, S. et al., 2024. Description of Ornithodoros (Pavlovskyella) tartakovskyi using scanning electron microscopy, with notes on the morphology of Pavlovskyella sensu stricto and Theriodoros subgenera. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 15: 102392.
- Trape, J-F., Diatta, G., Arnathau, C. Bitam, I., Sarih, M., Belghyti, D., Bouattour, A., Elguero, E., Vial, L., Mané, Y., Baldé, C., Pugnolle, F., Chauvancy, G., Mahé, G., Granjon, L., Duplantier, J-M., Durand, P. & Renaud, F. 2013. The epidemiology and geographic distribution of relapsing fever borreliosis in West and North Africa, with a review of the Ornithodoros erraticus Complex (Acari: Ixodida). PLoS ONE 8: e78473.PDF
Reference page. - Vial, L. & Camicas, J.-L. 2009. Description of a new soft tick species of the genus Ornithodoros Koch, 1844 (Acari: Argasidae) from Oman. Fauna of Arabia 24: 135–144.
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