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Ornithodoros denmarki
Kohls, Sonenshine & Clifford, 1965
GBIF:181010825
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Ornithodoros (A.) denmarki is known to transmit Hughes viruses in USA Florida, NW Mexico, Venezuela, Cuba and Trinidad; Farallon virus in California, Oregon, USA; Soldado in Hawaii, Seychelles, Ethiopia and Trinidad; Raza virus in USA and Midway virus in Hawaii, Mexico (Labuda and Nuttall 2004).
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
The larvae, nymphs and adults of O. (A.) denmarki, a new species (Kohls et al. 1965), which was provisionally identified as O. (A.) capensis from Trinidad by Denmark and Clifford (1962), were found in nesting sites of sooty and noddy terns on Soldado Rock, Trinidad. Aitken et al. (1969) recorded O. (A.) denmarki, during their survey of arthropods for natural virus infection.
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: California, Hawaii, Florida, Ethiopia, Mexico, Jamaica and Cuba (Kohls et al. 1965; Guglielmone et al. 2003)
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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