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Sound as a host-detection cue for the soft tick Ornithodoros concanensis

Nature, 1977
Two parasitic flies are attracted to their invertebrate hosts by sound: a tachinid, Euphasiopteryx ochracea, is attracted to field crickets by their song1 and a sarcophagid, Colcondamyia auditrix, orients acoustically to cicada song2. We now report that an acarine, the argasid tick Ornithodoros concanensis, makes use of the vocal sounds of a vertebrate
John E. George, Bart Cook, James P. Webb
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Assembly Pheromone(s) in the Soft Tick Argas persicus (Oken)

Nature, 1973
PREVIOUSLY no pheromones have been discovered in soft ticks, although a few have been demonstrated in hard ticks1–3 and hundreds in insects4. We have now shown that both males and females of the soft tick Argas persicus produce material(s) to induce aggregation, which could therefore be considered as assembly pheromone(s) (Fig.
M. G. Leahy, R. Vandehey, Rachel Galun
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Systematic relationships in the soft ticks (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae)

Systematic Entomology, 1993
Abstract.A phylogenetic analysis of relationships at the generic to subgeneric level is carried out for the family Argasidae. The analysis is based on a total of eighty‐three characters drawn from larval and adult body and leg morphology, Haller's organ morphology, development and behaviour.
J. S. H. Klompen, J. H. Oliver
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Reproductive bionomics of the soft tick, Ornithodoros turicata (Acari: Argasidae)

Experimental and Applied Acarology, 1996
The effects of different temperatures and relative humidities (RHs) were tested on various reproductive parameters of Ornithodoros turicata, an argasid tick that inhabits gopher tortoise burrows in Florida, USA. The pre-oviposition, oviposition and incubation periods of the ticks decreased as temperature increased.
James S. Phillips, Olusola A. Adeyeye
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Mosquitoes and soft ticks cannot transmit Lyme disease spirochetes

Parasitology Research, 2002
Investigators frequently assume that the discovery of a pathogen in a blood-feeding arthropod provides conclusive proof that these arthropods participate in the enzootic cycle of that pathogen. This assumption may lead to the conclusion that soft ticks and mosquitoes are vectors of the agent of Lyme disease, Borrelia bugdorferi sensu lato.
Dania Richter, Franz-Rainer Matuschka
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On the Origin of soft ticks (Parasitiformes, Ixodoidea, Argasidae)

Паразитология
The origin of the common evolutionary branch of soft and hard ticks is dated to the later Permian, approximately coinciding with the Permian extinction, and divergence of the common branch of Ixodoidea into ancestral forms of Argasidae and Ixodidae occurred in the Triassic.
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Lack of Specificity in Assembly Pheromones of Soft Ticks (Acari: Argasidae)1

Journal of Medical Entomology, 1975
Assembly pheromones are demonstrated in 2 species of soft ticks, Ornithodoros tholozani (Laboulbene & Megnin) and Argas brumpti Neumann. Interspecific response is observed between Argas persicus (Oken) and the following species: A. brumpti, O. tholozani, Ornithodoros savignyi (Audouin). Feeding increased pheromone production and decreased tick response
Christine K. A. Mango, M. G. Leahy, Rachel Galun, Sternberg S   +3 more
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Copulation and Spermatophore Formation in Soft and Hard Ticks

1973
The reproduction i.e., copulation, fertilization and oviposition aroused the interest of acarologists already at the beginning of this century (Samson, 1909; Nuttall and Merriman, 1911). However, these processes in ticks are so unusual and different from those in other groups of Arthropods, that even continued research by Robinson (1942), Wagner ...
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Pathogen and Host Associations of Soft Ticks Collected in South Texas

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
Background: Soft ticks (Family: Argasidae) are vectors of relapsing fever Borrelia in the United States and are potential vectors of African swine fever virus, a pathogen that could have a devastating effect on the U.S. swine industry if introduced to the U.S. mainland. Much of the tick-borne disease research in the U.S. focuses on hard ticks, and less
Sarah E. Mays Maestas, Lauren P. Maestas, Phillip E. Kaufman   +2 more
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Soft Ticks

2015
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