Ornithodoros, Koch, 1837

Ali, Abid, Almutairi, Mashal M., Robbins, Richard G., Chitimia-Dobler, Lidia & Ullah, Shafi, 2025, Updated checklist, morphological descriptions, hosts and vector potential of ticks (Acari: Argasidae, Ixodidae) in Pakistan, Zootaxa 5725 (2), pp. 151-202 : 163

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5725.2.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:538289F3-C5A9-4CB3-962D-3780C203949E

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FE5387F7-FFD8-FFCB-00A2-27DE36EDFB48

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Plazi

scientific name

Ornithodoros
status

 

Genus Ornithodoros View in CoL View at ENA

Ornithodoros View in CoL species have been reported from different localities in Shangla, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Bajuar, and Orakzai, infesting Asian water buffaloes and their sheds in high mountainous regions. Three Ornithodoros View in CoL species have been reported in Pakistan: Ornithodoros papillipes (Birula, 1895) View in CoL , Ornithodoros tholozani (Laboulbène and Mégnin, 1882) View in CoL , and possibly the new species Ornithodoros ( Pavlovskyella) pakistanensis ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 ) ( Doss 1974; Hoogstraal 1985; Karim et al. 2017; Ali et al. 2022b, 2024c). Morphological identification of ticks collected during this survey confirmed the presence only of Or. ( Pavlovskyella) pakistanensis .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Ixodida

Family

Argasidae

Loc

Ornithodoros

Ali, Abid, Almutairi, Mashal M., Robbins, Richard G., Chitimia-Dobler, Lidia & Ullah, Shafi 2025
2025
Loc

Ornithodoros

Koch 1837
1837
Loc

Ornithodoros

Koch 1837
1837
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