Ornithodoros is a genus in the soft-bodied tick family, Argasidae.
Physiology
The opening between the midgut and hindgut has been lost, making the ticks unable to pass digestive waste products out of their bodies.
Taxonomy
The Linnean name derives from ornithos () and doros (), meaning "bird" and "gift", respectively.
It contains these species:
Ornithodoros alactagalis Issaakjan, 1936
†Ornithodoros antiquus Poinar, 1995
Ornithodoros apertus Walton, 1962
Ornithodoros arenicolous Hoogstraal, 1953
Ornithodoros asperus Warburton, 1918
Ornithodoros atacamensis Muñoz-Leal, Venzal & González-Acuña, 2016
Ornithodoros brasiliensis Aragão, 1923
Ornithodoros cholodkovskyi Pavlovsky, 1930
Ornithodoros compactus Walton, 1962
Ornithodoros coniceps Canestrini, 1890
Ornithodoros costalis Diatta, Bouattour, Durand, Renaud & Trape, 2013
Ornithodoros coriaceus Koch, 1844
Ornithodoros eremicus Cooley & Kohls, 1941
Ornithodoros faccinii Barros-Battesti, Landulfo & Luz, 2015
Ornithodoros furcosus Neumann, 1908
Ornithodoros graingeri Heisch & Guggisberg, 1953
Ornithodoros grenieri Klein, 1965
Ornithodoros gurneyi Warburton, 1926
Ornithodoros hermsi Wheeler, Herms & Meyer, 1935
Ornithodoros indica Rau & Rao, 1971
Ornithodoros kairouanensis Trape, Diatta, Bouattour, Durand & Renaud, 2013
Ornithodoros kelleyi Cooley & Kohls, 1941
Ornithodoros knoxjonesi Jones & Clifford, 1972
Ornithodoros lahillei Venzal, González-Acuña & Nava, 2015
Ornithodoros macmillani (Hoogstraal & Kohls, 1966) Ornithodoros madagascariensis Hoogstraal, 1962 Ornithodoros marocanus Velu, 1919 Ornithodoros merionesi Trape, Diatta, Belghyti, Sarih, Durand & Renaud, 2013 Ornithodoros moubata (Murray, 1877) Ornithodoros nattereri Warburton, 1927 Ornithodoros nicollei Mooser, 1932 Ornithodoros normandi Larrousse, 1923 Ornithodoros occidentalis Trape, Diatta, Durand & Renaud, 2013 Ornithodoros parkeri Cooley, 1936 Ornithodoros porcinus Walton, 1962 Ornithodoros procaviae Theodor & Costa, 1960 Ornithodoros quilinensis Venzal, Nava, Mangold, Mastropaolo, Casás & Guglielmone, 2012 Ornithodoros rietcorreai Labruna, Nava & Venzal, 2016 Ornithodoros rostratus Aragão, 1911 Ornithodoros rupestris Trape, Bitam, Renaud & Durand, 2013 Ornithodoros saraivai Muñoz-Leal & Labruna, 2017 Ornithodoros savignyi (Audouin, 1827) Ornithodoros sawaii Kitaoka & Suzuki, 1973 Ornithodoros sonrai Sautet & Witkowski, 1943 Ornithodoros steini (Schulze, 1935) Ornithodoros tartakovskyi Olenev, 1931 Ornithodoros tholozani Laboulbène & Mégnin, 1882 Ornithodoros transversus (Banks, 1902) Ornithodoros turicata (Dugès, 1876) Ornithodoros xerophylus Venzal, Mangold & Nava, 2015 Ornithodoros zumpti Heisch & Guggisberg, 1953
Carios erraticus was previously placed in this genus, as Ornithodoros erraticus.