Ornithodoros quilinensis

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Argasoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Subclassis: Acari
Superordo: Parasitiformes
Subordo: Ixodida
Superfamilia: Argasoidea

Familia: Argasidae
Subfamilia: Ornithodorinae
Genus: Ornithodoros
Species: Ornithodoros quilinensis

Name edit

Ornithodoros quilinensis Venzal, Nava et Mangold, 2012

  • Type host: Graomys centralis Thomas, 1902
  • Type locality: Quilino (30°12´S, 64°32´W), Córdoba Province, Argentina
  • Type specimens (all collected on April 20, 2010 by A.J. Mangold, S. Nava, J.M. Venzal and M. Mastropaolo):
    • Holotype larva, allotype larva, 3 paratype larvae mounted in same slide, 5 paratype larvae mounted in other slide & 10 paratype larvae in 70% ethanol
      • Depository: in the U.S National Tick Collection, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro RML 124999
    • 5 paratype larvae mounted in slide & 5 in 70% ethanol
      • Depository: in the tick collection of INTA Rafaela, Santa Fe, Argentina INTA 2179
    • 8 paratype larvae mounted in three slides & 5 in 70% ethanol
      • Depository: in the tick collection of the Departamento de Parasitología Veterinaria, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay DPVURU 769, 770, 771
    • 2 paratype larvae mounted in slide & 5 in 70% ethanol
      • Depository: in the tick collection in the Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil CNC-1917
    • 2 paratype larvae mounted in slide & 5 in 70% ethanol
      • Depository: in the Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil IBSP-10.720
  • Etymology: “quilinensis” refers to the locality (Quilino) where the type specimens were collected.

Primary references edit

José M. Venzal, Santiago Nava, Atilio J. Mangold, Mariano Mastropaolo, Gustavo Casás and Alberto A. Guglielmone 2012: Ornithodoros quilinensis sp. nov. (Acari, Argasidae), a new tick species from the Chacoan region in Argentina. Acta Parasitologica 57 (3), 329–336. DOI: 10.2478/s11686-012-0034-5