Redescription of Ornithodoros dyeri (Ixodida: Argasidae) based on morphologic and molecular data

Clinical Findings Associated with Ornithodoros brasiliensis Tick Parasitism in Travelers, Southern Brazil

“…6 Herein, we reported the occurrence of O brasiliensis in a cave from Caxias do Sul municipality, which could be the natural habitat of this tick species, as previously observed for other Ornithodoros species. 15,16 Both domestic and wild animals could act as food sources for O brasiliensis . 6 Thus, animals, particularly sinantropic species, could act as carriers of ticks, favoring the infestation of human habitations.…”

Parasite load and new soft tick record (Ixodida: Argasidae) on the bat speciesBalantiopteryx plicataandPteronotus parnelliiin Oaxaca, Mexico

“…(Helisama Colín‐Martínez) Mounted individuals were viewed with a phase‐contrast Zeiss microscope (Motic BA310 Series). Soft ticks were identified with specialized keys (Cooley and Kohls , Kohls et al , Barros‐Battesti et al , Guzmán‐Cornejo et al ).…”

“…plicata and P . parnellii (Kohls et al ) and on other bat species of the families Emballonuridae, Phyllostomidae, and Vespertilionidae (Kohls et al , Wolfgang and Polaco , Guzmán‐Cornejo et al ).…”

Ornithodoros (Ornithodoros) huajianensis sp. nov. (Acari, argasidae), a new tick species from the Mongolian marmot (Marmota bobak sibirica), Gansu province in China

“…Argasid ticks comprise 216 valid species all over the world currently (Dantas-Torres, 2018; Mans et al, 2019), whose taxonomic status is still uncertain with more disputes on assignment of species to, and relationships between genera (Guzmán-Cornejoa et al, 2016). Historically, the controversial issues had been argued among 4 competing classification schemes, including the Soviet scheme (Filippova, 1966; Pospelova-Shtrom, 1946, 1950; 1969), the American scheme (Sonenshine et al, 1966; Clifford et al, 1964; Hoogstraal, 1955, 1957; 1985; Hoogstraal and Kohls, 1966), the French scheme (Camicas and Morel, 1977; Camicas et al, 1998) and the morphological cladistic scheme (Klompen and Oliver, 1993).…”