Acarina of Saudi Arabia Ornithodoros (Alveonasus) lahorensis (Fam. Argasidae) in Saudi Arabia Biological, Veterinary, and Medical Implications

摘要

A third-instar nymph of Ornithodoros (Alveonasus) laborensis taken from an indigenous goat at Al sharayi, Makkah, provides the first evidence for the presence in Saudi Arabia of this widely distributed Palearctic parasite. O. (A). laborensis has been incriminated in the epidemiology of a variety of agents causing diseases in man and livestock in Eurasia.