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Ornithodoros antiquus

Arachnida - Parasitiformes - Argasidae

Taxonomy
Ornithodoros antiquus was named by Poinar (1995). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Dominican amber (Work amber collection, Ashland), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Ornithodoros antiquus Poinar p. 384 figs. 1-6
2013Ornithodoros antiquus Dunlop et al. p. 59

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
—EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
—Prosomapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Planaterga
—Dekatriata
—SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
orderParasitiformes(Reuter 1909)
suborderIxodida(Leach 1815)
superfamilyIxodoideaBanks 1907
familyArgasidaeKoch 1844
genusOrnithodorosKoch 1844
speciesantiquus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Ornithodoros antiquus Poinar 1995
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Diagnosis
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