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ornithodoros(medicine)
Ornithodoros rudis(medicine)
Ornithodoros savigni(medicine)
Ornithodoros talaje(medicine)
Ornithodoros tholozani(medicine)
Ornithodoros turicata(medicine)
Ornithodoros venezuelensis(medicine)
Ornithodoros verrucosus(medicine)
Ornithodoros pappilipes(medicine)

ornithodoros (medicine)


Ornithodoros


A genus of soft ticks (family Argasidae) several species of which are vectors of pathogens of various relapsing fevers. They are characterised by a capitulum hidden below the hood and by disks and mamillae of the integument that are continuous from dorsal to ventral surfaces in a variety of patterns.

Origin: G. Ornis (ornith-), bird, + doros, a leather bag