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Otobius megnini

Otobius megnini

(Duges, 1884)

GBIF:158407689

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Notes: Hoffmann (1930) believed this species to occur in Puebla, in arid and semi-arid areas of central Mexico, and along the Pacific Coast, parasitizing humans, cattle, horses, donkeys, sheep, cats, dogs, deer and other mammals. Chavarría (1941) and Hoffmann & López-Campos (2000) mentioned that Ot. megnini is common and distributed throughout Mexico, where it is associated with humans and occurs in the ears of domestic animals.
Guzmán-Cornejo, Carmen, Herrera-Mares, Angel, Robbins, Richard G., Rebollo-Hernández, Andrea (2019): The soft ticks (Parasitiformes: Ixodida: Argasidae) of Mexico: species, hosts, and geographical distribution. Zootaxa 4623 (3): 485-525, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4623.3.3

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AnimaliaArthropodaArachnidaIxodidaArgasidaeOtobiusOtobius megnini

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The soft ticks (Parasitiformes: Ixodida: Argasidae) of Mexico: species, hosts, and geographical distribution

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This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Guzmán-Cornejo, Carmen, Herrera-Mares, Angel, Robbins, Richard G., Rebollo-Hernández, Andrea (2019): The soft ticks (Parasitiformes: Ixodida: Argasidae) of Mexico: species, hosts, and geographical distribution. Zootaxa 4623 (3): 485-525, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4623.3.3

Abstract

Distribution and host data from published literature and previously unpublished collection records are provided for all 37 species of soft ticks, family Argasidae, that are known to occur in Mexico, including Ornithodoros dugesi, which is generally regarded as a junior synonym of Ornithodoros talaje, and Ornithodoros marinkellei, a new record for Mexico. Parasite-host and host-parasite lists are presented, together with keys to adults and larvae, and a gazetteer of collection localities supplemented by maps showing each species’ distribution in Mexico.

Guzmán-Cornejo C, Herrera-Mares A, Robbins R G, Rebollo-Hernández A, plazi (2019). The soft ticks (Parasitiformes: Ixodida: Argasidae) of Mexico: species, hosts, and geographical distribution. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4623.3.3 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-14.

CC0Published 6/26/2019View dataset
GBIF Usage Key
158407689
Dataset Key
0181eba5-b670-4a4b-a446-6c0134b8535a
Origin
source
Backbone Key
2184404
Taxon ID
03FFA06A8422FFFBF3D2FA3EFAF3FBFE.taxon
Last Crawled
6/10/2026
Last Interpreted
6/10/2026
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