Carios capensis

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: Carios
Species: Carios capensis

Name

Carios capensis Neumann, 1901

• Authority for current placement:
  • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
• Original genus: Ornithodoros
• Original status: valid var of Ornithodoros talaje
• Primary type: syntypes or unique holotype
  • Fixation: automatic
  • Description:
  • Repository: ?
• Type locality: 'colonie du Cap'

Synonymy

• Ornithodoros capensis Neumann, 1901

References

Primary references

• Neumann, L.G. 1901. Révision de la famille des Ixodidés. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France 14: 249–372. Full text. Reference page.  BHL [first availability, see p. 258
• Ramsay, G.W. 1968. The argasid tick Ornithodoros capensis Neumann, from the Kermadec Islands. New Zealand Entomologist 4(1): 32–34. DOI: 10.1080/00779962.1968.9722882 PDF Reference page. 

Additional references

• Dumbleton, L.J. 1958: The occurrence of an argasid tick in New Zealand. New Zealand journal of science, 1: 570–578.
• Heath, A.C.G. 2006: Observations on Ixodes eudyptidis Maskell (Acari: Ixodidae), Ornithodoros capensis Neumann (Acari: Argasidae), and other tick parasites of sea birds in New Zealand. Systematic and applied acarology, 11 (2): 131–140.
• Heath, A.C.G.; Palma, R.L.; Cane, R.P.; Hardwick, S. 2011: Checklist of New Zealand ticks (Acari: Ixodidae, Argasidae). Zootaxa, 2995: 55–63. Preview

Links

• Australian Faunal Directory
• NZOR (demonstration website){{}} [as Ornithodoros subgenus Alectorobius capensis Neumann 1901]