Otobius

Taxonavigation

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

Name

Otobius Banks, 1912

Type species: O. megnini
(Dugès, 1883)

Synonyms

Otophilus Torreggiani, 1912

References

• http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Acari/Family/Argasidae.txt
• A. Estrada-Peña, F. Jongejan: Ticks feeding on humans: a review of records on human-biting Ixodoidea with special reference to pathogen transmission. Exp Appl Acarol Vol. 23 (9): 685–715 (1999)
• Klompen, J.S.H.; Oliver, J.H., jr. 1993: Systematic relationships in the soft ticks (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae). Systematic entomology, 18: 313–331.