Biology:Carios vespertilionis
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Short description: Species of tick
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Ixodida |
| Family: | Argasidae |
| Genus: | Carios |
| Species: | C. vespertilionis
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| Carios vespertilionis Latreille, 1796
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Carios vespertilionis, also known as the short-legged bat tick, is an argasid tick parasite of bats.[1] It is a widely-distributed species, found widely in Europe, Africa and Asia.[2][3]
The species is usually host-specific to bats, especially Pipistrelles species, and is known to parasitise bats in all different types of transient colonies and roost types.[4] However, it is a 'highly aggressive' parasite known to also readily bite domestic animals and humans.[5] Studies in Sweden, Pakistan and the United Kingdom have identified that the species carries and can transmit human-pathogenic Borrelia bacteria in the relapsing fever group.[3][6][7] They are also vectors of Babesia, Rickettsia and Ehrlichia bacteria species.[7]
References
- ↑ Mans, Ben J.; Kelava, Samuel; Pienaar, Ronel; Featherston, Jonathan; de Castro, Minique H.; Quetglas, Juan; Reeves, Will K.; Durden, Lance A. et al. (2021-07-01). "Nuclear (18S-28S rRNA) and mitochondrial genome markers of Carios (Carios) vespertilionis (Argasidae) support Carios Latreille, 1796 as a lineage embedded in the Ornithodorinae: re-classification of the Carios sensu Klompen and Oliver (1993) clade into its respective subgenera". Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 12 (4). doi:10.1016/j.ttbdis.2021.101688. ISSN 1877-959X. PMID 33652332. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877959X21000418.
- ↑ Fritzsche, Anja; Zaenker, Stefan; Gottwald, Jannis; Keil, Renate; Zaenker, Christian; Bröker, Michael; Chitimia-Dobler, Lidia (2023-09-01). "Distribution of the soft tick Carios vespertilionis in lowlands and low mountain regions of Germany" (in en). Experimental and Applied Acarology 91 (1): 89–97. doi:10.1007/s10493-023-00822-2. ISSN 1572-9702. PMID 37500955.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Jaenson, Thomas G. T.; Wilhelmsson, Peter (2021-05-20). "First Record of a Suspected Human-Pathogenic Borrelia Species in Populations of the Bat Tick Carios vespertilionis in Sweden". Microorganisms (MDPI) 9 (5). doi:10.3390/microorganisms9051100. ISSN 2076-2607. PMID 34065313.
- ↑ Siuda, Krzysztof; Stanko, Michal; Piksa, Krzysztof; Górz, Andrzej (2009). "Ticks (Acari: Ixodida) parasitizing bats in Poland and Slovakia". Wiadomości Parazytologiczne 55 (1): 39–45. PMID 19579784. https://annals-parasitology.eu/archive_2001_2022/2009-55-1_39.pdf.
- ↑ Ticks of Europe and North Africa: A Guide to Species Identification. 2017. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-63760-0. ISBN 978-3-319-63759-4.
- ↑ Zahid, Hafsa; Alouffi, Abdulaziz; Almutairi, Mashal M.; Ateeq, Muhammad; Tanaka, Tetsuya; Chang, Shun-Chung; Chen, Chien-Chin; Ali, Abid (2023-10-20). "Argas persicus and Carios vespertilionis Ticks Infesting Ducks, Domestic Fowls and Bats in Pakistan: First Report on Molecular Survey and Phylogenetic Position of Borrelia anserina". Veterinary Sciences (MDPI) 10 (10). doi:10.3390/vetsci10100628. ISSN 2306-7381. PMID 37888580.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Lv, Jizhou; Fernández de Marco, Maria del Mar; Goharriz, Hooman; Phipps, L. Paul; McElhinney, Lorraine M.; Hernández-Triana, Luis M.; Wu, Shaoqiang; Lin, Xiangmei et al. (2018-01-30). "Detection of tick-borne bacteria and babesia with zoonotic potential in Argas (Carios) vespertilionis (Latreille, 1802) ticks from British bats" (in en). Scientific Reports 8 (1): 1865. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-20138-1. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 5789838. Bibcode: 2018NatSR...8.1865L. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-20138-1.
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