Otobius

Otobius
Otobius megnini
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Ixodida
Family:	Argasidae
Subfamily:	Ornithodorinae
Genus:	Otobius Banks, 1912 [1]
Type species
Otobius (Otobius) megnini (Dugès, 1883)
Synonyms
OtophilusTorreggiani, 1912

Otobius is a genus in the soft-bodied tick family, Argasidae. ^{[2] [3]} While similar to the genus Ornithodoros , it is characterized by a vestigial hypostome in adults, despite being developed in nymphs, in addition to the absence of both eyes and hood.

Species

Otobius is one of several genera in the Argasid subfamily Ornithodorinae. However, its subfamilial placement has been questioned in Mans et al. 2024. The genus currently contains two species: ^{[2] [3]}

• O. (Otobius) lagophilus Cooley & Kohls, 1940
• O. (Otobius) megnini (Dugès, 1883)

References

1. Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington, 14 page: 99
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.
3. Mans, Ben J.; Kelava, Samuel; Pienaar, Ronel; Featherston, Jonathan; de Castro, Minique H.; Quetglas, Juan; Reeves, Will K.; Durden, Lance A.; Miller, Myrna M.; Laverty, Theresa M.; Shao, Renfu; Takano, Ai; Kawabata, Hiroki; Moustafa, Mohamed Abdallah Mohamed; Nakao, Ryo (2021-07-01). "Nuclear (18S-28S rRNA) and mitochondrial genome markers of Carios (Carios) vespertilionis (Argasidae) support Carios Latreille, 1796 as a lineage embedded in the Ornithodorinae: re-classification of the Carios sensu Klompen and Oliver (1993) clade into its respective subgenera" . Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 12 (4) 101688. doi:10.1016/j.ttbdis.2021.101688. ISSN   1877-959X.