Ornithodoros madagascariensis
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Ornithodoros madagascariensis
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Ornithodoros madagascariensis is a "soft tick" that parasitizes cave-inhabiting fruit bats in the genus Megachiroptera. First circumscribed in 1962 by Harry Hoogstraal, it is classified in the subgenus Reticulinasus. When engorged with the blood of their host, the larvae of O. madagascariensis measure slightly over 1.0 mm from the apex of the anterior hypostome to the posterior body margin. In the larval stage, O. madagascariensis and other members of the subgenus Reticulinasus are characterized
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Species of tick
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornithodoros_madagascariensis
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2021-03-15T16:15:25Z
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