Otobius
Sign in to saveOtobius is a genus in the soft-bodied tick family, Argasidae. While similar to the genus Ornithodoros, it is characterized by a vestigial hypostome in adults, despite being developed in nymphs, in addition to the absence of both eyes and hood.
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Otobius is a genus in the soft-bodied tick family, Argasidae. While similar to the genus Ornithodoros, it is characterized by a vestigial hypostome in adults, despite being developed in nymphs, in addition to the absence of both eyes and hood.
==Species== Otobius is one of several genera in the Argasid subfamily Ornithodorinae. However, its subfamilial placement has been questioned in Mans et al. 2024. The genus currently contains two species: O. (Otobius) lagophilus Cooley & Kohls, 1940 O. (Otobius) megnini (Dugès, 1883)