Known and potential ticks and tick-borne pathogens of Micronesia Author Velde, Nancy Vander Velde And Brian Vander Author O., P. nancyv @ ntamar. net nancyv@ntamar.net text Micronesica 2013 2013 1 1 26 journal article 299044 10.5281/zenodo.12117350 88b107e9-e7b3-44a7-b88f-d50d1f124259 0026-279X 12117350 Carios capensis (Neumann, 1901) = Ornithodoros capensis Neumann, 1901 Kohls (1957) reports that in 1945, on Guam , one female of the seabird soft tick, Carios capensis . which was reared from a larva, and several other larvae of this wide-ranging soft tick were found from brown noddies ( Anous stolidus ). This species is closely related to the following cosmopolitan Carios denmarki and differentiation is best done only in the larval state. However, in Amerson’s report of the Central Pacific, (1968), additional Micronesian hosts were identified, primarily seabirds.