Ornithodoros kelleyi

Ornithodoros kelleyi
	Ornithodoros kelleyi = Carios kelleyi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Ixodida
Family:	Argasidae
Genus:	Ornithodoros
Species:	O. kelleyi
Binomial name
	Ornithodoros kelleyi; Cooley & Kohls, 1941

Ornithodoros kelleyi is an argasid tick parasite of bats found widely throughout North America in caves and other natural and man-made features that harbor bats. Named after Thomas F. Kelley Jr. who discovered this tick while studying at UC Berkeley in 1941.^[2] The species has not been shown to be a major vector of pathogens.^[3]

References

^ Robert Allen Cooley & Glen Milton Kohls (1941). "Three new species of Ornithodoros". Public Health Reports. 56: 587–594.
^ Robert Allen Cooley & Glen Milton Kohls (1944). The Argasidae of North America, Central America and Cuba. American Midland Naturalist Monographs. Vol. 1. University of Notre Dame Press. pp. 113–117.
^ Will K. Reeves; Daniel G. Streicker; Amanda D. Loftis & Gregory A. Dasch (2006). "Serologic survey of Eptesicus fuscus from Georgia, U.S.A. for Rickettsia and Borrelia and laboratory transmission of a Rickettsia by bat ticks" (PDF). Journal of Vector Ecology. 31 (2): 386–389. doi:10.3376/1081-1710(2006)31[386:SSOEFF]2.0.CO;2. PMID 17249357.

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[1] Robert Allen Cooley & Glen Milton Kohls (1941). "Three new species of Ornithodoros". Public Health Reports. 56: 587–594.

[2] Robert Allen Cooley & Glen Milton Kohls (1944). The Argasidae of North America, Central America and Cuba. American Midland Naturalist Monographs. Vol. 1. University of Notre Dame Press. pp. 113–117.

[3] Will K. Reeves; Daniel G. Streicker; Amanda D. Loftis & Gregory A. Dasch (2006). "Serologic survey of Eptesicus fuscus from Georgia, U.S.A. for Rickettsia and Borrelia and laboratory transmission of a Rickettsia by bat ticks" (PDF). Journal of Vector Ecology. 31 (2): 386–389. doi:10.3376/1081-1710(2006)31[386:SSOEFF]2.0.CO;2. PMID 17249357.

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