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Ornithodoros puertoricensis
GBIF:181010824
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This tick was first identified from rats in Puerto Rico (Fox 1947). Kohls et al. (1965) recorded O. (A.) puertoricensis from the spiny rat (Proechimys guyanensis trinitatus) from Cumaca, Trinidad. A redescription by scanning electron microscope of O. (A.) puertoricensis was done by Endris et al (1989). They also reported host records for larvae of O. (A.) puertoricensis from rodents (Proechimys guyanensis trinitatus and Nectomys squamipes) in Trinidad.
Basu, A. K., Basu, M., Adesiyun, A. A. (2012): A Review On Ticks (Acari: Ixodoidea: Ixodidae, Argasidae), Associated Pathogens And Diseases Of Trinidad And Tobago. Acarologia 52 (1): 39-50, DOI: 10.1051/acarologia/20122034, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/acarologia/20122034
Distribution: Colombia, Jamaica, Panama, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Guadeloupe, Nicaragua, Surinam, Uruguay, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, St. Croix, Venezuela (Cruz 2001).
Basu, A. K., Basu, M., Adesiyun, A. A. (2012): A Review On Ticks (Acari: Ixodoidea: Ixodidae, Argasidae), Associated Pathogens And Diseases Of Trinidad And Tobago. Acarologia 52 (1): 39-50, DOI: 10.1051/acarologia/20122034, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/acarologia/20122034
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