Alectorobius

Alectorobius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Ixodida
Family:	Argasidae
Genus:	Alectorobius ; Pocock, 1907
Type species
	Alectorobius talaje; (Guerin-Meneville, 1849)

Last updated October 18, 2025

Alectorobius is a genus of ticks belonging to the family Argasidae.^[1]

Species

Alectorobius is one of nine genera in the Argasid subfamily Ornithodorinae. The genus currently contains 64 species:^[1]

A. (Alectorobius) amblus Chamberlin, 1920
A. (Alectorobius) antiquus Poinar, 1995
A. (Alectorobius) aragaoi Fonseca, 1960
A. (Alectorobius) atacamensis Muñoz-Leal, Venzal & González-Acuña, 2016
A. (Alectorobius) azteci Matheson, 1935
A. (Alectorobius) brodyi Matheson, 1935
A. (Alectorobius) capensis Neumann, 1901
A. (Alectorobius) casebeeri Jones & Clifford, 1972
A. (Alectorobius) cavernicolous Dantas-Torres, Venzal & Labruna
A. (Alectorobius) cerradoensis Muñoz-Leal, Martins & Labruna, 2020
A. (Alectorobius) cheikhi Vermeil, Marjolet & Vermeil, 1997
A. (Alectorobius) chironectes Jones & Clifford, 1972
A. (Alectorobius) clarki Jones & Clifford, 1972
A. (Alectorobius) collocaliae Hoogstraal, Kadarsan, Kaiser & Van Peenen, 1974
A. (Alectorobius) concanensis Cooley & Kohls, 1941
A. (Alectorobius) coniceps (Canestrini, 1890)
A. (Alectorobius) cyclurae de la Cruz, 1984
A. (Alectorobius) darwini Kohls, Clifford & Hoogstraal, 1969
A. (Alectorobius) denmarki Kohls, Sonenshine & Clifford, 1965
A. (Alectorobius) dugesi Mazzotti, 1943
A. (Alectorobius) dusbabeki Černý, 1967
A. (Alectorobius) dyeri Cooley & Kohls, 1940
A. (Alectorobius) echimys Kohls, Clifford & Jones, 1969
A. (Alectorobius) elongatus Kohls, Sonenshine & Clifford, 1965
A. (Alectorobius) eptesicus Kohls, Clifford & Jones, 1969
A. (Alectorobius) faccinii Barros-Battesti, Landulfo & Luz, 2015
A. (Alectorobius) fonsecai (Labruna & Venzal, 2009)
A. (Alectorobius) galapagensis Kohls, Clifford & Hoogstraal, 1969
A. (Alectorobius) guaporensis Nava, Venzal & Labruna, 2013
A. (Alectorobius) hasei (Schulze, 1935)
A. (Alectorobius) jerseyi (Klompen & Grimaldi, 2001)
A. (Alectorobius) jul Schulze, 1940
A. (Alectorobius) kelleyi Cooley & Kohls, 1941
A. (Alectorobius) knoxjonesi Jones & Clifford, 1972
A. (Alectorobius) kohlsi Guglielmone & Keirans, 2002
A. (Alectorobius) lahillei Venzal, González-Acuña & Nava, 2015
A. (Alectorobius) maritimus Vermeil & Marguet, 1967
A. (Alectorobius) marmosae Jones & Clifford, 1972
A. (Alectorobius) microlophi Venzal, Nava & González-Acuña, 2013
A. (Alectorobius) mimon Kohls, Clifford & Jones, 1969
A. (Alectorobius) montensis Venzal, Mangold & Nava, 2019
A. (Alectorobius) muesebecki Hoogstraal, 1969
A. (Alectorobius) natalinus Černý & Dusbábek, 1967
A. (Alectorobius) peropteryx Kohls, Clifford & Jones, 1969
A. (Alectorobius) peruvianus Kohls, Clifford & Jones, 1969
A. (Alectorobius) puertoricensis Fox, 1947
A. (Alectorobius) quilinensis Venzal, Nava & Mangold, 2012
A. (Alectorobius) rietcorreai Labruna, Nava & Venzal, 2016
A. (Alectorobius) rioplatensis Venzal, Estrada-Peña & Mangold, 2008
A. (Alectorobius) rondoniensis (Labruna, Terassini, Camargo, Brandão, Ribeiro & Estrada-Peña, 2008)
A. (Alectorobius) rossi Kohls, Sonenshine & Clifford, 1965
A. (Alectorobius) rudis Karsch, 1880
A. (Alectorobius) saraivai Muñoz-Leal & Labruna, 2017
A. (Alectorobius) sawaii Kitaoka & Suzuki, 1973
A. (Alectorobius) setosus Kohls, Clifford & Jones, 1969
A. (Alectorobius) spheniscus Hoogstraal, Wassef, Hays & Keirans, 1985
A. (Alectorobius) stageri Cooley & Kohls, 1941
A. (Alectorobius) tadaridae Černý & Dusbábek, 1967
A. (Alectorobius) talaje (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
A. (Alectorobius) tiptoni Jones & Clifford, 1972
A. (Alectorobius) tuttlei Jones & Clifford, 1972
A. (Alectorobius) xerophylus Venzal, Mangold & Nava, 2015
A. (Alectorobius) yumatensis Cooley & Kohls, 1941
A. (Alectorobius) yunkeri Keirans, Clifford & Hoogstraal, 1984

References

1 2 Mans, Ben J.; Featherston, Jonathan; Kvas, Marija; Pillay, Kerry-Anne; de Klerk, Daniel G.; Pienaar, Ronel; de Castro, Minique H.; Schwan, Tom G.; Lopez, Job E.; Teel, Pete; Pérez de León, Adalberto A.; Sonenshine, Daniel E.; Egekwu, Noble I.; Bakkes, Deon K.; Heyne, Heloise (2019-01-01). "Argasid and ixodid systematics: Implications for soft tick evolution and systematics, with a new argasid species list". Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 10 (1): 219–240. doi:10.1016/j.ttbdis.2018.09.010. ISSN 1877-959X.

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[:0-1] 1 2 Mans, Ben J.; Featherston, Jonathan; Kvas, Marija; Pillay, Kerry-Anne; de Klerk, Daniel G.; Pienaar, Ronel; de Castro, Minique H.; Schwan, Tom G.; Lopez, Job E.; Teel, Pete; Pérez de León, Adalberto A.; Sonenshine, Daniel E.; Egekwu, Noble I.; Bakkes, Deon K.; Heyne, Heloise (2019-01-01). "Argasid and ixodid systematics: Implications for soft tick evolution and systematics, with a new argasid species list". Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 10 (1): 219–240. doi:10.1016/j.ttbdis.2018.09.010. ISSN 1877-959X.

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