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Otobius

Genus of ticks

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.

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Species

Three species of Otobius are recognized.¹ ² ³

Otobius lagophilus Cooley & Kohls, 1940
Otobius megnini Dugès, 1883
Otobius sparnus Kohls & Clifford, 1963

References

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. https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei ↩
IRMNG (2018). Otobius Banks, 1912. Accessed at: http://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1423214 on 2019-01-22 http://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1423214 ↩
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/ https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Otobius/classification/ ↩