Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Ornithodoros (Alectorobius) maritimus Vermeil and Marguet, 1967 (Figs. 16 and 17)

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
Ticks of Europe and North Africa

  • 1868 Accesses

Abstract

All stages of O. maritimus can be found feeding on different species of seabirds, mainly on chicks and immature birds, in their nests or in nearby crevices and under stones (Hoogstraal et al. in J Parasitol 62:799–810, 1976; Nuttall et al. in Arch Virol 79:35–44, 1984; Bosch and Figuerola in Ardea 87:83–89, 1999).

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • Arnal A, Gómez-Díaz E, Cerda-Cuella M, Lecollinet S, Pearce-Duvet J, Busquets N et al (2014) Circulation of a meaban-like virus in yellow-legged gulls and seabird ticks in the western Mediterranean basin. PLoS ONE 9:1–10

    Google Scholar 

  • Bosch M, Figuerola J (1999) Detrimental effects of ticks Ornithodoros maritimus on the growth of yellow-legged gull Larus michahellis chicks. Ardea 87:83–89

    Google Scholar 

  • Caeiro V (1999) General review of tick species present in Portugal. Parassitologia 41:11–15

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Chastel C, Guiguen C, Quillien MC, Le Lay-Roguès G, Beaucornu JC (1984) Visualization of the soldado virus by electron microscopy in the tissues of the vector tick Ornithodoros (Alectorobius) maritimus Vermeil and Marguet, 1967. Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparee. 59:1–6

    Google Scholar 

  • Converse JD, Hoogstraal H, Moussa MI, Evans DE (1976) Soldado virus from Ornithodoros (Alectorobius) maritimus (Ixodoidea: Argasidae) infesting herring gull nests on Puffin Island, Northern Wales. Acta Virol 20:243–246

    Google Scholar 

  • Converse JD, Hoogstraal H, Moussa MI, Feare CJ, Kaiser MN (1975) Soldado virus from Ornithodoros (Alectorobius) capensis (Ixodoidea: Argasidae) infesting sooty tern colonies in the Seychelles, Indian Ocean. Am J Trop Med Hyg 24:1010–1018

    Google Scholar 

  • Dietrich M, Elena Gómez-Díaz E, McCoy KD (2011) Worldwide distribution and diversity of seabird ticks: implications for the ecology and epidemiology of tick-borne pathogens. Vector-Borne Zoonotic Dis 11:453–470

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Estrada-Peña A, Bosch M, Pedrocchi V (1996) First record of Ornithodoros (Alectorobius) maritimus Vermeil & Marguet (Acari: Argasidae) in Spain. Acarologia 37:19–21

    Google Scholar 

  • Estrada-Peña A, Jongejan F (1999) Ticks feeding on humans: a review of records on human-biting Ixodoidea with special reference to pathogen transmission. Exp Appl Acarol 23:685–715

    Google Scholar 

  • Gómez-Días E, Morris-Pocock JA, González-Solís J, McCoy KD (2012) Trans-oceanic host dispersal explains high seabird tick diversity on Cape Verde Islands. Evol Biol 11:1–4

    Google Scholar 

  • Gray JS, Estrada-Peña AG, Vial LA (2013) Ecology of nidicolous ticks. In: Sonenshine DE, Roe RK (eds) The biology of ticks, vol 2, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp 39–60

    Google Scholar 

  • Hoogstraal H (1985) Argasid and nuttalliellid ticks as parasites and vectors. Adv Parasitol 24:135–238

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Hoogstraal H, Clifford CM, Keirans JE, Makram NK, Evanst DE (1976) The Ornithodoros (Alectorobius) capensis group (Acarina: Ixodoidea: Argasidae) of the Palaearctic and Oriental regions. 0. (A.) maritimus: identity, marine bird hosts, virus infections, and distribution in western Europe and northwestern Africa. J Parasitol 62:799–810

    Google Scholar 

  • Keirans JE, Yunker CE, Clifford CM, Thomas LA, Walton GA, Kelly TC (1975) Isolation of a Soldado-like virus (Hughes Group) from Ornithodorus maritimus ticks in Ireland. Experientia 32:453–454

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Labuda M, Nuttall PA (2004) Tick-borne viruses. Parasitology 129:S221–S245

    Google Scholar 

  • Manilla G (1990) Ornithodoros (Alectorobius) maritimus (Acarina: Ixodoidea: Argasidae) a new species in Italy and observations on the coniceps-capensis group. Parassitologia 32:265–274

    Google Scholar 

  • Nuttall PA, Kelly TC, Carey D, Moss SR, Harrap KA (1984) Mixed infections with tick-borne viruses in a seabird colony in Eire. Adv Virol 79:35–44

    CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, Hebrew University, Rehovot, Israel

    G. Kleinerman & G. Baneth

Authors
  1. G. Kleinerman
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. G. Baneth
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to G. Baneth .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain

    Agustín Estrada-Peña

  2. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

    Andrei Daniel Mihalca

  3. State Museum of Natural History, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Trevor N. Petney

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2017 Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature

About this chapter

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this chapter

Kleinerman, G., Baneth, G. (2017). Ornithodoros (Alectorobius) maritimus Vermeil and Marguet, 1967 (Figs. 16 and 17). In: Estrada-Peña, A., Mihalca, A., Petney, T. (eds) Ticks of Europe and North Africa. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63760-0_13

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation