The Systematics of the Subfamily Ornithodorinae (Acarina: Argasidae). II. Identification of the Larvae of the Western Hemisphere and Descriptions of Three New Species1
- 1 May 1965
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Annals of the Entomological Society of America
- Vol. 58 (3) , 331-364
- https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/58.3.331
Abstract
Detailed descriptions, illustrations, and data on hosts and distribution of 28 species in 3 genera, as well as a key to the larval Argasidae of the Western Hemisphere, are given. Described as new are Ornithodoros denmarki, taken on or in association with sea birds in Florida; Jamaica; Trinidad; Raza and Calaveras Islands in Gulf of Baja. California, Mexico; and Rabbit Island near Oahu, Hawaii; (). rossi from a long-nosed bat, Leptonycteris nivalis (type host), Pima County, Arizona, and a big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, and from the leaf-nosed bat, Macrotus californicus, Sinaloa and Baja California del Sur, Mexico; O. elongatus from a crate containing papaya fruit and iguana lizards sent from the Dominican Republic to Miami, Florida, USA. O. dugesi Mazzotti and O. aquilae Cooley are reduced to synonyms of O. talaje (Guérin-Méneville) and O. concanensis Cooley and Kohls, respectively.Keywords
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