Ornithodoros quilinensis

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 quilinensis

Name

Ornithodoros quilinensis Venzal, Nava et Mangold, 2012

Type host: Graomys centralis Thomas, 1902
Type locality: Quilino (30°12´S, 64°32´W), Córdoba Province, Argentina
Type specimens (all collected on April 20, 2010 by A.J. Mangold, S. Nava, J.M. Venzal and M. Mastropaolo):
- Holotype larva, allotype larva, 3 paratype larvae mounted in same slide, 5 paratype larvae mounted in other slide & 10 paratype larvae in 70% ethanol
  - Depository: in the U.S National Tick Collection, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro RML 124999
- 5 paratype larvae mounted in slide & 5 in 70% ethanol
  - Depository: in the tick collection of INTA Rafaela, Santa Fe, Argentina INTA 2179
- 8 paratype larvae mounted in three slides & 5 in 70% ethanol
  - Depository: in the tick collection of the Departamento de Parasitología Veterinaria, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay DPVURU 769, 770, 771
- 2 paratype larvae mounted in slide & 5 in 70% ethanol
  - Depository: in the tick collection in the Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil CNC-1917
- 2 paratype larvae mounted in slide & 5 in 70% ethanol
  - Depository: in the Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil IBSP-10.720
Etymology: “quilinensis” refers to the locality (Quilino) where the type specimens were collected.

Primary references

José M. Venzal, Santiago Nava, Atilio J. Mangold, Mariano Mastropaolo, Gustavo Casás and Alberto A. Guglielmone 2012: Ornithodoros quilinensis sp. nov. (Acari, Argasidae), a new tick species from the Chacoan region in Argentina. Acta Parasitologica 57 (3), 329–336. DOI: 10.2478/s11686-012-0034-5