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
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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.