Ornithodoros Explained

Ornithodoros is a genus in the soft-bodied tick family, Argasidae.

Physiology

The opening between the midgut and hindgut has been lost, making the ticks unable to pass digestive waste products out of their bodies.[1]

Taxonomy

The Linnean name derives from ornithos (ὄρνιθος) and doros (Δωρόν), meaning "bird" and "gift", respectively.

It contains these species:[2]

Carios erraticus was previously placed in this genus, as Ornithodoros erraticus.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Roberts. Larry S.. Janovy . John Jr.. Foundations of Parasitology. limited. 8th . 2009. McGraw-Hill. 9780073028279. 647.
  2. Web site: Joel Hallan . Argasidae . Catalog of the Acari . . March 24, 2008 . December 18, 2009.
  3. Muñoz-Leal . Sebastián . Venzal . José M. . González-Acuña . Daniel . Nava . Santiago . Lopes . Marcos G. . Martins . Thiago F. . Figueroa . Cecilia . Fernández . Nicolás . Labruna . Marcelo B. . A new species of Ornithodoros (Acari: Argasidae) from desert areas of northern Chile . Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases . July 2016 . 7 . 5 . 901–910 . 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2016.04.008 . 27132517 . 11336/69021 . free .
  4. Jean-François. Trape. Georges. Diatta. Céline. Arnathau. Idir. Bitam. M’hammed. Sarih. Driss. Belghyti. Ali. Bouattour. Eric. Elguero. Laurence. Vial. Youssouph. Mané. Cellou. Baldé. Franck. Prugnolle. Gilles. Chauvancy. Gil. Mahé. Laurent. Granjon. Jean-Marc. Duplantier. Patrick. Durand. François. Renaud. 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. 11. e78473. 10.1371/journal.pone.0078473. 24223812. 3817255. 2013PLoSO...878473T. free.
  5. Darci Moraes. Barros-Battesti. Gabriel Alves. Landulfo. Hermes Ribeiro. Luz. Arlei. Marcili. Valeria Castilho. Onofrio. Kátia Maria. Famadas. 2015. Ornithodoros faccinii n. sp. (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae) parasitizing the frog Thoropa miliaris (Amphibia: Anura: Cycloramphidae) in Brazil. Parasites & Vectors. 8. 268. 268. 10.1186/s13071-015-0877-3. 25963542. 4489115 . free .
  6. Venzal . José M. . González-Acuña . Daniel . Muñoz-Leal . Sebastián . Mangold . Atilio J. . Nava . Santiago . Two new species of Ornithodoros (Ixodida; Argasidae) from the Southern Cone of South America . Experimental and Applied Acarology . 22 February 2015 . 66 . 1 . 127–139 . 10.1007/s10493-015-9883-6 . 25702203 . 11336/41197 . 17122435 . free .
  7. Larrousse . F. . Présence au Kef (Tunisie) d'une nouvelle espèce du genre Ornithodoros: O. normandi n. sp. . The presence at Kef (Tunisia) of a new species in the genus Ornithodoros: Ornithodoros normandi n. sp. . fr . Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée . 15 October 2017 . 1 . 2 . 170–177 . 10.1051/parasite/1923012170 . free .
  8. Venzal. JM. Nava. S. Mangold. AJ. Mastropaolo. M. Casás. G. Guglielmone. AA. 2012. Ornithodoros quilinensis sp. nov. (Acari, Argasidae), a new tick species from the Chacoan region in Argentina. Acta Parasitologica. 57. 3. 329–336. 10.2478/s11686-012-0034-5. 22875683. 11336/96496. 20344318. free.
  9. Marcelo B.. Labruna. Santiago. Nava. Arlei. Marcili. Amalia R. M.. Barbieri. Pablo H.. Nunes. Mauricio C.. Horta. José M.. Venzal. 2016. A new argasid tick species (Acari: Argasidae) associated with the rock cavy, Kerodon rupestris Wied-Neuwied (Rodentia: Caviidae), in a semiarid region of Brazil. Parasites & Vectors. 9. 511. 511. 10.1186/s13071-016-1796-7. 27655282. 5031252 . free .
  10. Sebastián . Muñoz-Leal . Luís Felipe . Toledo . José M. . Venzal . Arlei . Marcili . Thiago F. . Martins . Igor C.L. . Acosta . Adriano . Pinter . Marcelo B. . Labruna . 2017 . Description of a new soft tick species (Acari: Argasidae: Ornithodoros) associated with stream-breeding frogs (Anura: Cycloramphidae: Cycloramphus) in Brazil . Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 8 . 5 . 682–692 . 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2017.04.015 . 28506539 .
  11. Kitaoka . S . Suzuki . H . Ornithodoros (Alectorobius) sawaii sp. n. (Ixodoidea, Argasidae) associated with the streaked shear-water, Colonectris leucomelas, from the Amami-oshima Islands, Japan. . National Institute of Animal Health Quarterly . 1973 . 13 . 3 . 142–8 . 4791252 .
  12. Baltazard . M. . Pournaki . R. . Bahmanyar . M. . Chamsa . M. . Ornithodorus tartakovskyi Olenev 1931 et Borrelia (Spirochaeta) latychevii Sofiev 1941 . Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée . 12 October 2017 . 30 . 3 . 225–242 . 10.1051/parasite/1955303225 . 13238994 . free .

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