Otobius

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: Otobius
Species (3): O. lagophilus – O. megnini – O. sparnus

Name

Otobius Banks, 1912

• Type species: Otobius megnini (Dugès, 1883)

Synonyms

• Otophilus Torreggiani, 1912

References

Additional references

• Estrada-Peña, A. & Jongejan, J. 1999. Ticks Feeding on Humans: A Review of Records on Human-Biting Ixodoidea with Special Reference to Pathogen Transmission. Experimental & Applied Acarology 23(9): 685–715. DOI: 10.1023/a:1006241108739 Reference page. 
• Klompen, J.S.H. & Oliver, J.H., jr. 1993. Systematic relationships in the soft ticks (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae). Systematic Entomology 18: 313–331.

Links

• http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Acari/Family/Argasidae.txt

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