Ornithodoros
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| Ornithodoros | |
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| Ornithodoros savignyi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Subclass: | Acari |
| Order: | Ixodida |
| Family: | Argasidae |
| Subfamily: | Ornithodorinae |
| Genus: | Ornithodoros C. L. Koch, 1837 |
| Type species | |
| Ornithodoros savignyi Audouin, 1827 | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Ornithodoros is a genus in the soft-bodied tick family, Argasidae. The Linnean name derives from ornithos (Greek: ὄρνιθος) and doros (Greek: Δωρόν), meaning "bird" and "gift," respectively. It contains the following species:[1]
- Ornithodoros alactagalis Issaakjan, 1936
- †Ornithodoros antiquus Poinar, 1995
- Ornithodoros apertus Walton, 1962
- Ornithodoros arenicolous Hoogstraal, 1953
- Ornithodoros asperus Warburton, 1918
- Ornithodoros brasiliensis Aragão, 1923
- Ornithodoros cholodkovskyi Pavlovsky, 1930
- Ornithodoros compactus Walton, 1962
- Ornithodoros coriaceus Koch, 1844
- Ornithodoros eremicus Cooley & Kohls, 1941
- Ornithodoros erraticus (Lucas, 1849)
- Ornithodoros furcosus Neumann, 1908
- Ornithodoros graingeri Heisch & Guggisberg, 1953
- Ornithodoros grenieri Klein, 1965
- Ornithodoros gurneyi Warburton, 1926
- Ornithodoros hermsi Wheeler, Herms & Meyer, 1935
- Ornithodoros indica Rau & Rao, 1971
- Ornithodoros knoxjonesi Jones & Clifford, 1972
- Ornithodoros macmillani (Hoogstraal & Kohls, 1966)
- Ornithodoros marocanus Velu, 1919
- Ornithodoros moubata (Murray, 1877)
- Ornithodoros nattereri Warburton, 1927
- Ornithodoros nicollei Mooser, 1932
- Ornithodoros normandi Larrousse, 1923
- Ornithodoros parkeri Cooley, 1936
- Ornithodoros porcinus Walton, 1962
- Ornithodoros procaviae Theodor & Costa, 1960
- Ornithodoros rostratus Aragão, 1911
- Ornithodoros savignyi (Audouin, 1827)
- Ornithodoros sonrai Sautet & Witkowski, 1943
- Ornithodoros steini (Schulze, 1935)
- Ornithodoros tartakovskyi Olenev, 1931
- Ornithodoros tholozani Laboulbène & Mégnin, 1882
- Ornithodoros transversus (Banks, 1902)
- Ornithodoros turicata (Dugès, 1876)
- Ornithodoros zumpti Heisch & Guggisberg, 1953
Physiology
The opening between the midgut and hindgut has been lost, making the ticks unable to pass digestive waste products out of their bodies.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Joel Hallan (March 24, 2008). "Argasidae". Catalog of the Acari. Texas A&M University. Retrieved December 18, 2009.
- ↑ Roberts, Larry S.; Janovy, Jr., John (2009). Foundations of Parasitology (8th ed.). McGraw-Hill. p. 647. ISBN 9780073028279.
External links
Data related to Ornithodoros at Wikispecies
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