CONTENTS 



Introduction 



The Medical and Veterinary Importance of the Argasidae 3 



Explanation of Terms 4 



Principal Characters of Argasidae. Figure 1 6 



Methods 7 



Family Argasidae Canestrini 1 I 



Key to the Genera '- 



Genus Argas Latreille ' 3 



Key to Species of Argas 13 



Argas reflexus (Fabricius) 14 



Argas persicus (Oken) 1/ 



Genus Otobius Banks -' 



Otobius megnini (Duges) 21 



Otobius lagophihls Cooley and Kohls 32 



Genus Ornilhodoros Koch 37 



Key to Species of Ornilhodoros 3/ 



Ornilhodoros savignyi (Audouin) 38 



Ornilhodoros eremicus Cooley and Kohls 40 



Ornilhodoros coriaceus Koch 42 



Ornilhodoros hermsi Wheeler, Herms, and Meyer 46 



Ornilhodoros nicollei Mooser 50 



Ornilhodoros cooleyi Mclvor 52 



Ornilhodoros luricuta (Duges) 56 



Ornilhodoros parf(eri Cooley 62 



Ornilhodoros vumalensis Cooley and Kohls 74 



Ornilhodoros brodvi Matheson 80 



Ornilhodoros talaje (Guerin-Meneville) 82 



Ornilhodoros concanensis Cooley and Kohls 88 



Ornilhodoros stageri Cooley and Kohls "I 



Ornilhodoros dveri Cooley and Kohls 95 



Ornilhodoros amblus Chamberhn 99 



Ornilhodoros rudis Karsch 101 



Ornilhodoros dunni Matheson 103 



Ornilhodoros viguerasi Cooley and Kohls 106 



Ornilhodoros azteci Matheson 109 



Genus Antricola Cooley and Kohls 118 



Key to Species of Antricola 118 



Antricola coprophilus (Mcintosh) 118 



Antricola marginatum (Banks) 123 



Plates 1 to 14 127 



Classified List of Hosts 141 



Geographical Distribution of Species 144 



Bibliography 146 



Index 151 



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