Ornithodoros

Ornithodoros
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[1]
Synonyms [1]
Microargas Hoogstraal & Kohls, 1966 (as subgenus) Ornamentum Clifford, Kohls & Sonenshine, 1964 Pavlovskyella Klompen & Oliver, 1993 (as subgenus) 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 the following species:^[1][2]

• Ornithodoros alactagalis
• Ornithodoros amblus
• Ornithodoros antiguus
• Ornithodoros apertus
• Ornithodoros arenicolous
• Ornithodoros asperus
• Ornithodoros boliviensis
• Ornithodoros brasiliensis
• Ornithodoros cholodkovskyi
• Ornithodoros compactus
• Ornithodoros coniceps
• Ornithodoros coriaceus
• Ornithodoros eremicus
• Ornithodoros erraticus
• Ornithodoros furcosus
• Ornithodoros graingeri
• Ornithodoros grenieri
• Ornithodoros gurneyi
• Ornithodoros hermsi
• Ornithodoros indica
• Ornithodoros kelleyi
• Ornithodoros knoxjonesi
• Ornithodoros lahorensis
• Ornithodoros macmillani
• Ornithodoros maritimus
• Ornithodoros marocanus
• Ornithodoros moubata
• Ornithodoros muesebecki
• Ornithodoros nattereri
• Ornithodoros nicollei
• Ornithodoros normandi
• Ornithodoros parkeri
• Ornithodoros porcinus
• Ornithodoros procaviae
• Ornithodoros rostratus
• Ornithodoros rudis
• Ornithodoros savignyi
• Ornithodoros sonrai
• Ornithodoros spheniscus
• Ornithodoros steini
• Ornithodoros talaje
• Ornithodoros tartakovskyi
• Ornithodoros tholozani
• Ornithodoros transversus
• Ornithodoros turicata

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Wikispecies contributors (July 28, 2009). "Argasidae". Wikispecies. Wikispecies. http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ornithodoros. Retrieved December 18, 2009. 
2. ^ Joel Hallan (March 24, 2008). "Argasidae". Catalog of the Acari. Texas A&M University. http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Acari/Family/Argasidae.txt. Retrieved December 18, 2009.