Biology:Ornithodoros kelleyi
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Short description: Species of tick
| Ornithodoros kelleyi | |
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| Ornithodoros kelleyi = Carios kelleyi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Ixodida |
| Family: | Argasidae |
| Genus: | Ornithodoros |
| Species: | O. kelleyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Ornithodoros kelleyi Cooley & Kohls, 1941[1]
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Ornithodoros kelleyi is an argasid tick parasite of bats found widely throughout North America in caves and other natural and man-made features that harbor bats.[2] The species has not been shown to be a major vector of pathogens.[3]
References
- ↑ Robert Allen Cooley & Glen Milton Kohls (1941). "Three new species of Ornithodoros". Public Health Reports 56: 587–594.
- ↑ Robert Allen Cooley; Glen Milton Kohls (1944). The Argasidae of North America, Central America and Cuba. American Midland Naturalist Monographs. 1. University of Notre Dame Press. pp. 113–117. https://archive.org/details/argasidaeofnorth01cool.
- ↑ Will K. Reeves; Daniel G. Streicker; Amanda D. Loftis; Gregory A. Dasch (2006). "Serologic survey of Eptesicus fuscus from Georgia, U.S.A. for Rickettsia and Borrelia and laboratory transmission of a Rickettsia by bat ticks" (PDF). Journal of Vector Ecology 31 (2): 386–389. doi:10.3376/1081-1710(2006)31[386:SSOEFF2.0.CO;2]. PMID 17249357. http://www.sove.org/Journal%20PDF/December%202006/21%20Reeves%20et%20al%2006-46.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q7103638 entry
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