Ticks (Argasidae, Ixodidae) and tick-borne diseases of continental Southeast Asia Author Petney, Trevor N. Author Boulanger, Nathalie Author Saijuntha, Weerachai Author Chitimia-Dobler, Lidia Author Pfeffer, Martin Author Eamudomkarn, Chatanun Author Andrews, Ross H. Author Ahamad, Mariana Author Putthasorn, Noppadon Author Muders, Senta V. Author Petney, David A. Author Robbins, Richard G. text Zootaxa 2019 2019-02-18 4558 1 1 89 journal article 28542 10.11646/zootaxa.4558.1.1 5f6ace70-93a7-400c-b58a-a1d2c95d3b53 1175-5326 2613120 lsid:zoobank.org:pub:71232906-9C90-4A6E-B893-83AC1574C8CA Ornithodoros batuensis Hirst, 1929 This bat parasite was described from an adult and a nymph collected in the Batu Caves, Selangor , Malaysia ( Hirst 1929 ), where it was later found in considerable numbers crawling near cave nectar bats ( Eonycteris spelaea ) ( Audy et al . 1960 ). It has since been found in Thailand as well as Indonesia , the Philippines and Papua New Guinea ( Uchikawa and Kobayashi 1978 ; Klompen et al . 1995 ). The description of an adult by Hirst (1929) is extremely brief. A key to the larvae of the then known Ornithodoros from the Eastern Hemisphere is provided by Sonenshine et al . (1966) . Dumbleton (1958) provides illustrations of larval chaetotaxy, some larval morphology and the Haller’s organ of the adults. Klompen et al . (1995) provide a map of the distribution of O. batuensis and related species.