Ornithodoros

Ornithodoros
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]
  • Microargas Hoogstraal & Kohls, 1966
  • Ornamentum Clifford, Kohls & Sonenshine, 1964
  • Pavlovskyella Klompen & Oliver, 1993
  • Proknekalia Keirans, Hoogstraal & Clifford, 1977
  • Reticulinasus Schulze, 1941
  • Theriodoros Pospelova-Shtrom, 1950

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 these 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. 1 2 Joel Hallan (March 24, 2008). "Argasidae". Catalog of the Acari. Texas A&M University. Retrieved December 18, 2009.
  2. ↑ Roberts, Larry S.; Janovy, Jr., John (2009). Foundations of Parasitology (8th ed.). McGraw-Hill. p. 647. ISBN 9780073028279.


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