Description of a new <i>Ornithodoros</i> (<i>Pavlovskyella</i>) (Ixodida: Argasidae) tick species from Pakistan.

ABSTRACT: The genus Ornithodoros is notably diverse within the family Argasidae, comprising approximately 134 species distributed among 4 subgenera, 1 of which is the subgenus Pavlovskyella. In an earlier study, we identified distinct soft ticks as Ornithodoros (Pavlovskyella) sp., which were collected from animal shelters in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Providing additional collections from that same locality and a comprehensive analysis involving detailed morphological and mitogenome-based comparisons with closely related species, this study formally designates a novel species for these specimens. Adults and late-instar nymphs of the new species display a dorsoventral groove, small cheeks not covering the capitulum, 5 small even humps on tarsus I and a transverse posta

SUBMITTER: Ali A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11770527 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature