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Ornithodoros (Subparmatus) viguerasi

Description

Ornithodoros (Subparmatus) viguerasi

Kohls et al. (1965) recorded O. (S.) viguerasi from Mormoops megalophylla tumidiceps bats at Mount Tamana, and from Pteronotus r. rubiginosa bats in Port of Spain, Tamana Hill cave, and Diego Martin. Aitken et al. (1968a) recorded O. (S.) viguerasi from the lesser naked-backed bat (Pteronotus davyi) from Bush Forest.

Distribution: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Venezuela. Costa Rica, Haiti and Mexico (Cruz 2001; Guglielmone et al. 2003)

Notes

Published as part of Basu, A. K., Basu, M. & Adesiyun, A. A., 2012, A Review On Ticks (Acari: Ixodoidea: Ixodidae, Argasidae), Associated Pathogens And Diseases Of Trinidad And Tobago, pp. 39-50 in Acarologia 52 (1) on page 43, DOI: 10.1051/acarologia/20122034, http://zenodo.org/record/4667077

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Ixodida
Family
Argasidae
Genus
Ornithodoros
Species
viguerasi
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Kohls G. M., Sonenshine DE, Clifford C. M. 1965 - The systemics of the subfamily Ornithodorinae (Acarina: Argasidae). II. Identification of the larvae of the Western Hemisphere and descriptions of three new species - Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am., 58 (3): 331-364.
  • Aitken T. H. G., Worth C. B., Tikasingh E. S. 1968 a - Arbovirus studies in Bush Bush Forest, Trinidad, W. I., September 1959 - December 1964. III. Entomological Studies - Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 17 (2): 253-268.
  • Cruz J. O. de la 2001 - Patterns in the Biogeography of West Indian Ticks [Internet] - In: Woods C. A. and Sergile F. E. (Eds). Biogeography of West Indies. CRC Press. Available from (http: // www. crcnetbase. com / doi / abs / 10.1201/97814 20039481. ch 7)
  • Guglielmone A. A., Estrada-Pena A., Luciana C. A., Mangold A. J., Keirans J. E. 2003 - Hosts and distribution of Amblyomma auricularium (Conil 1878) and Amblyomma pseudoconcolor Aragao, 1908 (Acari: Ixodidae) - Exp. Appl. Acarol., 29: 131-139. doi: 10.1023 / A: 1024251020035