Species Ornithodoros capensis (Neumann, 1901)
- Ornithodoros talaje capensis Neumann, G. 1901. Revision de la famille des Ixodidés. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France 14: 249-372.
Introduction
Barker & Walker (2014) reviewed the biology and morphology of this species in detail.
General References
Barker, S.C., Walker, A.R. & Campelo, D. 2014. A list of the 70 species of Australian ticks; diagnostic guides to and species accounts of Ixodes holocyclus (paralysis tick), Ixodes cornuatus (southern paralysis tick) and Rhipicephalus australis (Australian cattle tick); and consideration of the place of Australia in the evolution of ticks with comments on four controversial ideas. International Journal for Parasitology 44: 941-953. (as Ornithodoros (Alectorobius) capensis)
Barker, S.C. & Walker, A.R. 2014. Ticks of Australia. The species that infest domestic animals and humans. Zootaxa 3816: 1-144. (as Ornithodoros capensis)
Camicas, J.-L., Hervy, J.-P., Adam, F. & Morel, P.C. 1998. Les Tiques du Monde (Acarida, Ixodida). Paris : Orstom 233 pp. (as Alectorobius capensis)
Carne, P.B. (ed.) 1987. Scientific and Common Names of Insects and Allied Forms Occurring in Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO 120 pp. (as Ornithodoros capensis)
Ferguson, E.W. 1925. Australian ticks. The Australian Zoologist 4: 24-35 (as Ornithodoros talaje)
Fielding, J.W. 1926. Australasian ticks. Commonwealth of Australia Department of Health, Service Publication (Tropical Division) 9: 1-114 (as Ornithodoros talaje)
Hoogstraal, H., Kaiser, M.N. & Kohls, G.M. 1968. The subgenus Persicargas (Ixodoidea, Argasidae, Argas). 4. Argas (P.) robertsi, new species, a parasite of Australian fowl, and keys to Australian argasid species. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 61: 535-539 (as Ornithodoros capensis)
Humphery-Smith, I., Thong, Y.H., Moorhouse, D., Creevey, C., Gauci, M. & Stone, B. 1991. Reactions to argasid tick bites by island residents on the Great Barrier Reef. Medical Journal of Australia 155: 181-186 (as Ornithodoros capensis)
Klompen, J.S.H. & Oliver, J.H. 1993. Systematic relationships in the soft ticks (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae). Systematic Entomology 18: 313-331 (as Carios capensis)
Naumann, I. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Australian Insect Names. Common and Scientific Names for Insects and Allied Organisms of Economic and Environmental Importance. Melbourne : CSIRO Publications v 200 pp. [Date published 31/12/1993] (as Ornithodoros capensis)
Nuttall, G.H.F. & Warburton, C. 1908. Ticks. A Monograph of the Ixodoidea. Part I. The Argasidae. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press pp. 104 + Bibliography pp. 1-35. (as Ornithodoros talaje var. capensis)
Roberts, F.H.S. 1970. Australian Ticks. Melbourne : CSIRO 267 pp. (as Ornithodoros capensis)
Shaw, M. 1999. Mites and ticks from wedge-tailed shearwater (Puffinus pacificus) burrows on Masthead Island. Queensland Naturalist 37: 43-47 (as Carios capensis)
Taylor, F.H. 1946. Spiders, ticks and mites, including the species harmful to man in Australia and New Guinea. Section 1. Descriptive. Commonwealth of Australia Department of Health, Service Publications (School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, University of Sydney) 6: 1-234 (as Ornithodoros talaje var. capensis)
Tubb, J.A., 1937. Arachnida. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 49: 412-419 (as Ornithodoros talaje var. capensis)
Tubb, J.A., 1938. Ixodoidea. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 50: 346-347 (as Ornithodoros talaje var.capensis)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-May-2017 | Acari | 24-Jul-2016 | MODIFIED | Dr Bruce Halliday |
| 07-May-2013 | 07-May-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 07-May-2013 | 16-Feb-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 07-May-2013 | 08-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |