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Soft Ticks (Ticks In Colorado) Tag

Carios concanensis 

December 6, 2020
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[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Carios concanensis Distribution Carios concanensis occurs in AZ, CA, CO, Kansas, MT, OK, SD, TX, UT, WA, and WY in the United States, and in Alberta and Saskatchewan in Canada. Distribution records for C. concanensis in CO trace primarily to collections reported under the synonym Ornithodoros aquilae. Hosts This tick has been collected from caves in AZ and TX occupied by bats, specifically big brown bat, cave myotis, and Mexican free-tailed bat. Cliff-nesting swallows, are seasonally the most important hosts for C. concanensis. Hosts also include prairie falcons, golden eagles, western red-tailed hawks, and ferruginous pygmy owls. Vector Status C. concanensis has been implicated as a vector of Babesia moskovskii in prairie falcons; attributing deaths of prairie falcon nestlings to heavy infestations. Resources H Joel Hutcheson, James W Mertins, Boris C Kondratieff,...

Argas radiatus 

December 6, 2020
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[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Argas radiatus Distribution Earlier collections of A. radiatus originated from FL, IA, TX, and central and northeastern Mexico. In 2012, a female tick was found in a tree-mounted Lindgren funnel, a device designed to collect arboreal insects, Adams Co., CO. Hosts Hosts for A. radiatus are birds, especially domestic poultry, but some collections are known from roosts of other large native birds, such as wild turkey, black vulture, and bald eagle, which may have been its original hosts. Although this tick can complete its life cycle in approximately 2 months as demonstrated in TX, it alternatively can survive unfed for longer than 3 years. Vector Status Argas radiatus can cause host paralysis, especially in domestic fowl, and it is an experimental vector of the rickettsial agent of aegyptianellosis, Aegyptianella pullorum...

Otobius lagophilus

October 23, 2020
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[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Otobius lagophilus Distribution This argasid occurs in the United States in CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, and WY; in Canada, it occurs in southern AB; in Mexico, it occurs in Chihuahua and Coahuila. It is rarely encountered in CO. Like its close relative, Otobius megnini, this is a one-host tick, and adults do not feed. It differs from O. megnini in hosts and anatomical sites infested, i.e., mostly on all parts of the host’s head and neck other than the ear canal. Hosts Hosts for Otobius lagophilus are lagomorphs, primarily jackrabbits and pikas. Vector Status A spotted fever group rickettsia and the agents of tularemia and Colorado tick fever and have been detected in O. lagophilus. Resources H Joel Hutcheson, James W Mertins, Boris C Kondratieff, Monica M White, Ticks...

Otobius megnini

October 23, 2020
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[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Otobius megnini (the spinose ear tick) Distribution This argasid is widespread in the United States, including AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, KS, KY, LA, MO, MS, MT, NC, NE, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, and WY; in Canada, it occurs in southern British Columbia, and it is the most widespread soft tick in Mexico, reported from 21 states. Spinose ear ticks are generally associated with semiarid or arid environments such as those found in the southwestern US, however they can also be found in other climate areas due to transportation of livestock. Collection records from eastern states and Hawaii—and those from five other continents—are traceable to infested humans or animals imported from western...

Carios kelleyi

October 23, 2020
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[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Carios kelleyi Distribution Carios kelleyi is distributed widely in the United States, with records from AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, GA, IL, IA, KY, Maryland, MI, MN, MO, MT, (recently NJ), NM, NV, NY, PA, SD, TX, UT, WA, and WI. In Canada, it occurs in AB and SK and in MX, Sonora and Durango. Unlike many species of argasid ticks, C. kelleyi larvae are slow feeders requiring days (9-20) to engorge, which may explain the widespread distribution of this species as it may be easily transported by its host. Hosts This tick usually feeds on bats and is reported from at least five genera of bats in North America, especially Myotis spp. They have been reported to bite humans. Human encounters may occur when bats vacate roosts...

Argas cooleyi

October 23, 2020
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[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Argas cooleyi Distribution In the US, collections of A. cooleyi are reported from CA, CO, MT, NV, TX, UT, WA, WY and possibly OR and SD, although this argasid probably occurs more widely within the geographical range of American cliff swallows, in the arid western states. Argas cooleyi is also reported from Chihuahua, Mexico and from a single collection from the nest of a bluebird, in British Columbia, Canada. Like most argasids, this species is nocturnal and has demonstrated high survival rates during an almost 3-yr absence of hosts. This tick species is not to be confused with Ornithodoros cooleyi, which, until recently, has been referred to under the homonym, Argas cooleyi. This latter species also occurs in the western United States, specifically Arizona and Nevada, but...

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