Otobius

Familia: Argasidae
Subfamilia: Ornithodorinae
Genus: Otobius
Species: O. lagophilus – O. megnini

Note, the subfamilial placement varies in recent studies. Else Ornithodoros sparnus has been combined under this genus in some studies.

Otobius Banks, 1912

• Type species: Otobius megnini (Dugès, 1883)

• Otophilus Torreggiani, 1912

• 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. 
• Klompen, J.S.H. & Oliver, J.H., jr. 1993. Systematic relationships in the soft ticks (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae). Systematic Entomology 18: 313–331.
• 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., Chitimia-Dobler. L., Pienaar, R., Castro, M. de, Khan, M., Almutairi, M.M., Alouffi, A., Ali, A. 2024. Mitochondrial genome and nuclear ribosomal RNA analysis place Alveonasus lahorensis within the Argasinae and suggest that the genus Alveonasus is paraphyletic. Parasitology 1–10. DOI: 10.1017/S0031182024000441 Reference page. 

• http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Acari/Family/Argasidae.txt

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