Ornithodoros

Ornithodoros is a genus in the soft-bodied tick family, Argasidae.

Physiology
The opening between the midgut and hindgut has been lost, making the ticks unable to pass digestive waste products out of their bodies.

Taxonomy
The Linnean name derives from ornithos and doros, meaning "bird" and "gift", respectively.

It contains these species:


 * Ornithodoros alactagalis Issaakjan, 1936
 * †Ornithodoros antiquus Poinar, 1995
 * Ornithodoros apertus Walton, 1962
 * Ornithodoros arenicolous Hoogstraal, 1953
 * Ornithodoros asperus Warburton, 1918
 * Ornithodoros atacamensis Muñoz-Leal, Venzal & González-Acuña, 2016
 * Ornithodoros brasiliensis Aragão, 1923
 * Ornithodoros cholodkovskyi Pavlovsky, 1930
 * Ornithodoros compactus Walton, 1962
 * Ornithodoros coniceps Canestrini, 1890
 * Ornithodoros costalis Diatta, Bouattour, Durand, Renaud & Trape, 2013
 * Ornithodoros coriaceus Koch, 1844
 * Ornithodoros eremicus Cooley & Kohls, 1941
 * Ornithodoros faccinii Barros-Battesti, Landulfo & Luz, 2015
 * Ornithodoros furcosus Neumann, 1908
 * Ornithodoros graingeri Heisch & Guggisberg, 1953
 * Ornithodoros grenieri Klein, 1965
 * Ornithodoros gurneyi Warburton, 1926
 * Ornithodoros hermsi Wheeler, Herms & Meyer, 1935
 * Ornithodoros indica Rau & Rao, 1971
 * Ornithodoros kairouanensis Trape, Diatta, Bouattour, Durand & Renaud, 2013
 * Ornithodoros kelleyi Cooley & Kohls, 1941
 * Ornithodoros knoxjonesi Jones & Clifford, 1972
 * Ornithodoros lahillei Venzal, González-Acuña & Nava, 2015
 * Ornithodoros macmillani (Hoogstraal & Kohls, 1966)
 * Ornithodoros madagascariensis Hoogstraal, 1962
 * Ornithodoros marocanus Velu, 1919
 * Ornithodoros merionesi Trape, Diatta, Belghyti, Sarih, Durand & Renaud, 2013
 * Ornithodoros moubata (Murray, 1877)
 * Ornithodoros nattereri Warburton, 1927
 * Ornithodoros nicollei Mooser, 1932
 * Ornithodoros normandi Larrousse, 1923
 * Ornithodoros occidentalis Trape, Diatta, Durand & Renaud, 2013
 * Ornithodoros parkeri Cooley, 1936
 * Ornithodoros porcinus Walton, 1962
 * Ornithodoros procaviae Theodor & Costa, 1960
 * Ornithodoros quilinensis Venzal, Nava, Mangold, Mastropaolo, Casás & Guglielmone, 2012
 * Ornithodoros rietcorreai Labruna, Nava & Venzal, 2016
 * Ornithodoros rostratus Aragão, 1911
 * Ornithodoros rupestris Trape, Bitam, Renaud & Durand, 2013
 * Ornithodoros saraivai Muñoz-Leal & Labruna, 2017
 * Ornithodoros savignyi (Audouin, 1827)
 * Ornithodoros sawaii Kitaoka & Suzuki, 1973
 * Ornithodoros sonrai Sautet & Witkowski, 1943
 * Ornithodoros steini (Schulze, 1935)
 * Ornithodoros tartakovskyi Olenev, 1931
 * Ornithodoros tholozani Laboulbène & Mégnin, 1882
 * Ornithodoros transversus (Banks, 1902)
 * Ornithodoros turicata (Dugès, 1876)
 * Ornithodoros xerophylus Venzal, Mangold & Nava, 2015
 * Ornithodoros zumpti Heisch & Guggisberg, 1953

Carios erraticus was previously placed in this genus, as Ornithodoros erraticus.