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Species Ornithodoros gurneyi Warburton, 1926

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 (Ornamentum) gurneyi )

Barker, S.C. & Walker, A.R. 2014. Ticks of Australia. The species that infest domestic animals and humans. Zootaxa 3816: 1-144. (as Ornithodoros gurneyi)

Browning, T.O. 1962. Distribution of the kangaroo-tick Ornithodoros gurneyi in arid South Australia. Nature (London) 194: 162-164 (as Ornithodoros gurneyi)

Camicas, J.-L., Hervy, J.-P., Adam, F. & Morel, P.C. 1998. Les Tiques du Monde (Acarida, Ixodida). Paris : Orstom 233 pp. (as Ornithodoros (Ornamentum) gurneyi)

Carne, P.B. (ed.) 1987. Scientific and Common Names of Insects and Allied Forms Occurring in Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO 120 pp. (as Ornithodoros gurneyi)

Doube, B.M. 1975. The biology of the kangaroo tick, Ornithodoros (Pavlovskyella) gurneyi Warburton (Acarina : Argasidae), in the laboratory. Journal of Medical Entomology 12: 240-243 (as Ornithodoros (Pavlovskyella) gurneyi)

Doube, B.M. 1975. Two races of the kangaroo tick Ornithodoros (Pavlovskyella) gurneyi Warburton. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 14: 329-332 (as Ornithodoros (Pavlovskyella) gurneyi)

Fielding, J.W. 1926. Australasian ticks. Commonwealth of Australia Department of Health, Service Publication (Tropical Division) 9: 1-114 (as Ornithodoros gurneyi)

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 (Pavlovskyella) gurneyi)

Keirans, J.E. & Hillyard, P.D. 2001. A catalogue of the type specimens of Ixodida (Acari: Argasidae, Ixodidae) deposited in The Natural History Museum, London. Occasional Papers on Systematic Entomology 13: 1-74 (as Ornithodoros gurneyi)

Klompen, J.S.H. & Oliver, J.H. 1993. Systematic relationships in the soft ticks (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae). Systematic Entomology 18: 313-331 (as Ornithodoros gurneyi)

Lee, D.C. & Southcott, R.V. 1979. Spiders and other Arachnids of South Australia. In South Australian Yearbook, 1979. South Australian Government Printer : Adelaide. 15 pp. (as Ornithodoros gurneyi)

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 gurneyi)

Roberts, F.H.S. 1947. Ticks infesting domestic animals in Queensland. Queensland Agricultural Journal 64: 233-244 (as Ornithodoros gurneyi)

Roberts, F.H.S. 1970. Australian Ticks. Melbourne : CSIRO 267 pp. (as Ornithodoros gurneyi)

Seddon, H.R. 1952. Diseases of Domestic Animals in Australia. Part 3. Tick and Mite Infestations. Commonwealth of Australia Department of Health, Service Publication (Division of Veterinary Hygeine) 7. 200 pp. (as Ornithodoros gurneyi)

Seddon, H.R. 1968. Diseases of Domestic Animals in Australia. Part 3. Arthropod Infestations (Ticks and Mites). Commonwealth of Australia Department of Health, Service Publication (Veterinary Hygeine) (Revised by H. E. Albiston) Vol. 7 170 pp. (as Ornithodoros gurneyi)

Sonenshine, D.E., Clifford, C.M. & Kohls, G.M. 1966. The systematics of the subfamily Ornithodorinae (Acarina : Argasidae). III. Identification of the larvae of the eastern hemisphere. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 59: 92-122 (as Ornithodoros gurneyi)

Southcott, R.V. 1976. Arachnidism and allied syndromes in the Australian region. Records of the Adelaide Children's Hospital 1: 97-186 (as Ornithodoros gurneyi)

Southcott, R.V. 1978. Australian Harmful Arachnids and Their Allies. Mitcham, South Australia : R. V. Southcott 36 pp. (as Ornithodoros gurneyi)

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 gurneyi)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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)