Ornithodoros moubata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Ixodida |
Family: | Argasidae |
Genus: | Ornithodoros |
Species: | O. moubata
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Binomial name | |
Ornithodoros moubata Murray, 1877
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Ornithodoros moubata, commonly known as the African hut tampan[1] or the eyeless tampan,[2] is a species of tick in the family Argasidae. It is an ectoparasite and vector of relapsing fever in humans,[3][4] and African swine fever in pigs.[2]
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