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)