Otobius

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ixodoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
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: Otobius
Species (3): O. lagophilus – O. megnini – O. sparnus

Name

Otobius Banks, 1912

  • Type species: Otobius megnini (Dugès, 1883)

Synonyms

  • Otophilus Torreggiani, 1912

References

Additional references

  • Estrada-Peña, A. & Jongejan, J. 1999. Ticks Feeding on Humans: A Review of Records on Human-Biting Ixodoidea with Special Reference to Pathogen Transmission. Experimental & Applied Acarology 23(9): 685–715. DOI: 10.1023/a:1006241108739 Paywall Reference page. 
  • Klompen, J.S.H. & Oliver, J.H., jr. 1993. Systematic relationships in the soft ticks (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae). Systematic Entomology 18: 313–331.
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