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Series 4, Volume 64, Supplement 1 
Family Spinturnicidae 
Spintumix sp. 
Records: Kern Co.: crevices in sandstone outcrop near Cameros Spring. San Diego Co.: inspection tunnel of the Hodges 
Dam; mine tunnel 4.8 mi. E of Laguna Junction. San Luis Obispo Co.: crevices at La Panza Ranch; crevices in sandstone 
outcrop, Carizzo Plain. 
Bibliography: Krutzsch (1955a); Orr, R.T. (1954). 
ORDER IXODIDA (ticks) 
Undetermined 
Records: Siskiyou Co.: *Sunnyside Tick Cave; *Tick City Cave. 
Bibliography: Rogers (1991c, 2000c); Wolff and Wolff (1990). 
Family Argasidae (soft ticks) 
Argas cooleyi Kohls and Hoogstraal (parasite) 
Records: Imperial Co.: Senator Mine. Ventura Co.: cave in Santa Paula Canyon. 
Comment: This tick was collected from the nest of a California condor. 
Bibliography: Kohls and Hoogstraal (1960). 
Argas reflexus (Fabricius) (parasite) 
Records: Contra Costa Co.: cave on Mt. Diablo. Imperial Co.: mine tunnel 24 km NE of Yuma, Arizona; Senator Mine. 
Riverside Co.: Alice Mine. Unknown Co.: *cave utilized as a nest site by the California condor. 
Comment: One male was taken from a nest in the cave on Mt. Diablo. 
Bibhography: Cooley and Kohls (1944); Snyder, Ramey, and Sibley (1986). 
Ornithodoros sp. 
Records: Kern Co.: crevices in sandstone outcrop near Cameros Spring. San Luis Obispo Co.: crevices at La Panza 
Ranch; crevices in sandstone outcrop, Carizzo Plain. 
Bibhography: Orr, R.T. (1954). 
Ornithodoros coriaceus Koch (parasite) 
Records: Contra Costa Co.: unnamed cave. Tuolumne Co.: Milkcan Cave. 
Comment: One female was taken from a cliff swallow nest in the cave in Contra Costa County. 
Bibhography: Cooley and Kohls (1944). 
Ornithodoros (Alectorobius ) dyeri Cooley and Kohls (parasite) 
Records: Contra Costa Co.: unnamed cave. Imperial Co.: mine tunnel 24 km NE of Yuma, Arizona. Riverside Co.: Alice 
Mine. San Bernardino Co.: Bat Cave. 
Comment: This species was found in rock crevices. The location given by Cooley and Kohls (“... 16 miles north of Nee¬ 
dles. ..”) is unclear and could be in Nevada. This species was also found in crevices in a mine tunnel near Yuma, Arizona. 
Bibhography: Cooley and Kohls (1944); Furman and Loomis (1984). 
Ornithodoros (Alectorobius ) hermsi Wheeler, Herms, and Meyer 
Records: Calaveras Co.: Coral Cave. Placer Co.: mine shaft at Forest Hill. 
Ornithodoros ( Alectorobius ) stageri Cooley and Kohls (parasite) 
Records: Imperial Co.: Senator Mine. Kern Co.: crevices in sandstone outcrop near Cameros Spring. San Luis Obispo 
Co.: crevices at La Panza Ranch; crevices in sandstone outcrop, Carizzo Plain. 
Comment: This species was taken from bat guano. 
Bibhography: Cooley and Kohls (1941, 1944); Furman and Loomis (1984); Orr, R.T. (1954). 
Ornithodoros ( Alectoborius ) yumatensis Cooley and Kohls 
Records: Imperial Co.: mine tunnel 24 km NE of Yuma, Arizona; Senator Mine. Riverside Co.: Alice Mine. Stanislaus 
Co.: unnamed cave. 
