Otobius is a genus in the soft-bodied tick family, Argasidae. 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.
| Otobius | |
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| Otobius megnini | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Ixodida |
| Family: | Argasidae |
| Genus: | Otobius N.Banks, 1912[1] |
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Species
editThree species of Otobius are recognized.[2][3][4]
- Otobius lagophilus Cooley & Kohls, 1940
- Otobius megnini Dugès, 1883
- Otobius sparnus Kohls & Clifford, 1963
References
edit- ^ Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington, 14 page: 99
- ^ a b Otobius N.Banks, 1912 in GBIF Secretariat (2017). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2019-01-22.
- ^ IRMNG (2018). Otobius Banks, 1912. Accessed at: http://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1423214 on 2019-01-22
- ^ Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2019. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Otobius/classification/
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