“…The family Argasidae, known as soft ticks, comprises more than 200 species worldwide with 91 representatives in the Neotropics (NAVA et al, 2010;GUGLIELMONE et al, 2010;BARROS-BATTESTI et al, 2013VENZAL et al, 2015;MUÑOZ-LEAL et al, 2016a;LABRUNA et al, 2016). While in Brazil Argasidae is represented by 24 species belonging to Antricola, Argas, Nothoaspis, and Ornithodoros genera, at least 19 species belong to the genus Ornithodoros: Ornithodoros brasiliensis Aragão, 1923;Ornithodoros capensis Neumann, 1901; Ornithodoros fonsecai (Labruna & Venzal, 2009); Ornithodoros guaporensis Nava, Venzal & Labruna, 2013; Ornithodoros hasei (Schulze, 1935); Ornithodoros jul Schulze, 1940; Ornithodoros kohlsi (Guglielmone & Keirans, 2002); Ornithodoros marinkellei Kohls, Clifford & Jones, 1969; Ornithodoros mimon Kohls, Clifford & Jones, 1969;Ornithodoros nattereri Warburton, 1927; Ornithodoros rondoniensis (Labruna, Terrassini, Camargo, Brandão, Ribeiro & Estrada-Peña, 2008); Ornithodoros rostratus Aragão, 1911; Ornithodoros rudis Karsh, 1880; Ornithodoros setosus Kohls, Clifford & Jones, 1969; Ornithodoros stageri Cooley & Kohls, 1941; Ornithodoros talaje (Guérin-Méneville, 1849); Ornithodoros faccinii Barros-Battesti, Landulfo & Luz, 2015; Ornithodoros cavernicolous Dantas-Torres, Venzal & Labruna, 2012 and Ornithodoros rietcorreai Labruna, Nava & Venzal, 2016(GUGLIELMONE et al, 2010DANTAS-TORRES et al, 2012;BARROS-BATTESTI et al, 2013WOLF et al, 2016;LABRUNA et al, 2016).…”