Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Argasoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Subclassis: Acari
Superordo: Parasitiformes
Subordo: Ixodida
Superfamilia: Argasoidea

Familia: Argasidae
Subfamilia: Ornithodorinae
Genus: Ornithodoros
Species: †Ornithodoros antiquus

Name

Ornithodoros antiquus Poinar, 1995

  • Type host: found in two pieces of amber.
  • Type locality: La Toca mine, Cordillera Septentrional mountain range, Dominican Republic.
  • Type depository: private collection of Jim Work, Ashland, Oregon, USA.

Primary references

  • Poinar, Jr., G. O. 1995 (Apr): First fossil soft ticks, Ornithodoros antiquus n. sp. (Acari: Argasidae) in Dominican amber with evidence of their mammalian host. Experientia Basel, 51 (4) : 384–387, figs. 1-5. DOI: 10.1007/BF01928900
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