Ornithodoros (Alectorobius) denmarki, Kohls, Sonenshine & Clifford, 1965

Basu, A. K., Basu, M. & Adesiyun, A. A., 2012, A Review On Ticks (Acari: Ixodoidea: Ixodidae, Argasidae), Associated Pathogens And Diseases Of Trinidad And Tobago, Acarologia 52 (1), pp. 39-50 : 42

Ornithodoros (Alectorobius) denmarki

The larvae, nymphs and adults of O. (A.) denmarki , a new species ( Kohls et al. 1965), which was provisionally identified as O. (A.) capensis from Trinidad by Denmark and Clifford (1962), were found in nesting sites of sooty and noddy terns on Soldado Rock, Trinidad. Aitken et al. (1969) recorded O. (A.) denmarki , during their survey of arthropods for natural virus infection.

Ornithodoros (A.) denmarki is known to transmit Hughes viruses in USA Florida, NW Mexico, Venezuela, Cuba and Trinidad; Farallon virus in California, Oregon, USA; Soldado in Hawaii, Seychelles, Ethiopia and Trinidad; Raza virus in USA and Midway virus in Hawaii, Mexico ( Labuda and Nuttall 2004).

Distribution: California, Hawaii, Florida, Ethiopia, Mexico, Jamaica and Cuba ( Kohls et al. 1965; Guglielmone et al. 2003)