| Ornithodoros sawaii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Ixodida |
| Family: | Argasidae |
| Genus: | Ornithodoros |
| Species: | O. sawaii |
| Binomial name | |
| Ornithodoros sawaii Kitaoka & Suzuki, 1973 | |
Ornithodoros sawaii is a species of argasid tick that is parasitic on streaked shearwater and Swinhoe's storm petrel seabirds in Japan and Korea. The species name honors Hirofumi Sawa of Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan.
References
- ^ Kitaoka, S; Suzuki, H (1973). "Ornithodoros (Alectorobius) sawaii sp. n. (Ixodoidea, Argasidae) associated with the streaked shear-water, Colonectris leucomelas, from the Amami-oshima Islands, Japan". National Institute of Animal Health Quarterly. 13 (3): 142–8. PMID 4791252.
- Kim, Heung-Chul; Choi, Chang-Yong; Kwon, Young-Soo; Yun, Seok-Min; Lee, Won-Ja; Chong, Sung-Tae; Robbins, Richard G.; Klein, Terry A. (30 April 2016). "Ornithodoros sawaii (Ixodida: Argasidae) Larvae Collected from Hydrobates monorhis on Sogugul and Gaerin Islands, Jeollanam-do (Province), Republic of Korea". The Korean Journal of Parasitology. 54 (2): 233–238. doi:10.3347/kjp.2016.54.2.233. PMC 4870979. PMID 27180585.
- Kim, Heung-Chul; Park, Chang-Uk; Park, Jong-Hyun; Kwon, Young-Soo; Yun, Seok-Min; Lee, Won-Ja; Chong, Sung-Tae; Lee, In-Yong; Klein, Terry A.; Robbins, Richard George (16 October 2015). "Ornithodoros sawaii Kitaoka and Suzuki (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae) collected from nest soil and litter of Synthliboramphus antiquus and Hydrobates monorhis, on Chilbal Island, southwestern Jeollanam Province, Republic of Korea". Systematic and Applied Acarology. 20 (7): 721. doi:10.11158/saa.20.7.1. S2CID 87031701.
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| Ornithodoros sawaii | |
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