Ornithodoros antiquus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ixodoidea
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 Ordo: Ixodida Superfamilia: Ixodoidea

Familia: Argasidae
Subfamilia: Ornithodorinae
Genus: Ornithodoros
Species: †Ornithodoros antiquus

Name

Ornithodoros antiquus Poinar, 1995

• Type host: found in two pieces of amber.
  
• Type locality: La Toca mine, Cordillera Septentrional mountain range, Dominican Republic.
  
• Type depository: private collection of Jim Work, Ashland, Oregon, USA.

Primary references

• Poinar, Jr., G. O. 1995 (Apr): First fossil soft ticks, Ornithodoros antiquus n. sp. (Acari: Argasidae) in Dominican amber with evidence of their mammalian host. Experientia Basel, 51 (4) : 384–387, figs. 1-5. DOI: 10.1007/BF01928900