Ornithodoros
Introduction '''''Ornithodoros''''' is a genus in the soft-bodied tick family, Argasidae.
Physiology The opening between the midgut and hindgut has been lost, making the ticks unable to pass digestive waste products out of their bodies.
Taxonomy The Linnean name derives from ''ornithos'' () and ''doros'' (), meaning "bird" and "gift", respectively.It contains these species:*''Ornithodoros alactagalis'' Issaakjan, 1936*†''Ornithodoros antiquus'' Poinar, 1995*''Ornithodoros apertus'' Walton, 1962*''Ornithodoros arenicolous'' Hoogstraal, 1953*''Ornithodoros asperus'' Warburton, 1918*''Ornithodoros atacamensis'' Muñoz-Leal, Venzal & González-Acuña, 2016*''Ornithodoros brasiliensis'' Aragão, 1923*''Ornithodoros cholodkovskyi'' Pavlovsky, 1930*''Ornithodoros compactus'' Walton, 1962*''Ornithodoros coniceps'' Canestrini, 1890*''Ornithodoros costalis'' Diatta, Bouattour, Durand, Renaud & Trape, 2013*''Ornithodoros coriaceus'' Koch, 1844*''Ornithodoros eremicus'' Cooley & Kohls, 1941*''Ornithodoros faccinii'' Barros-Battesti, Landulfo & Luz, 2015*''Ornithodoros furcosus'' Neumann, 1908*''Ornithodoros graingeri'' Heisch & Guggisberg, 1953*''Ornithodoros grenieri'' Klein, 1965*''Ornithodoros gurneyi'' Warburton, 1926*''Ornithodoros hermsi'' Wheeler, Herms & Meyer, 1935*''Ornithodoros indica'' Rau & Rao, 1971*''Ornithodoros kairouanensis'' Trape, Diatta, Bouattour, Durand & Renaud, 2013*''Ornithodoros kelleyi'' Cooley & Kohls, 1941*''Ornithodoros knoxjonesi'' Jones & Clifford, 1972*''Ornithodoros lahillei'' Venzal, González-Acuña & Nava, 2015*''Ornithodoros macmillani'' (Hoogstraal & Kohls, 1966)*''Ornithodoros madagascariensis'' Hoogstraal, 1962*''Ornithodoros marocanus'' Velu, 1919*''Ornithodoros merionesi'' Trape, Diatta, Belghyti, Sarih, Durand & Renaud, 2013*''Ornithodoros moubata'' (Murray, 1877)*''Ornithodoros nattereri'' Warburton, 1927*''Ornithodoros nicollei'' Mooser, 1932*''Ornithodoros normandi'' Larrousse, 1923 *''Ornithodoros occidentalis'' Trape, Diatta, Durand & Renaud, 2013*''Ornithodoros parkeri'' Cooley, 1936*''Ornithodoros porcinus'' Walton, 1962*''Ornithodoros procaviae'' Theodor & Costa, 1960*''Ornithodoros quilinensis'' Venzal, Nava, Mangold, Mastropaolo, Casás & Guglielmone, 2012*''Ornithodoros rietcorreai'' Labruna, Nava & Venzal, 2016*''Ornithodoros rostratus'' Aragão, 1911*''Ornithodoros rupestris'' Trape, Bitam, Renaud & Durand, 2013*''Ornithodoros saraivai'' Muñoz-Leal & Labruna, 2017*''Ornithodoros savignyi'' (Audouin, 1827)*''Ornithodoros sawaii'' Kitaoka & Suzuki, 1973*''Ornithodoros sonrai'' Sautet & Witkowski, 1943*''Ornithodoros steini'' (Schulze, 1935)*''Ornithodoros tartakovskyi'' Olenev, 1931 *''Ornithodoros tholozani'' Laboulbène & Mégnin, 1882*''Ornithodoros transversus'' (Banks, 1902)*''Ornithodoros turicata'' (Dugès, 1876)*''Ornithodoros xerophylus'' Venzal, Mangold & Nava, 2015*''Ornithodoros zumpti'' Heisch & Guggisberg, 1953''Carios erraticus'' was previously placed in this genus, as ''Ornithodoros erraticus''.
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