TY  - JOUR
JF  - Acarologia
T1  - Four new species of Antricola ticks (Argasidae: Antricolinae) from bat guano in Cuba and Curacao
VL  - 36
IS  - 4
SP  - 277
EP  - 286
PY  - 1995
SN  - 0044-586X
SN  - 2107-7207
PB  - Les Amis d'Acarologia
AU  - De la Cruz, J.
AU  - Estrada-Pena, A.
UR  - https://www1.montpellier.inrae.fr/CBGP/acarologia/article.php?id=2266
DA  - 1996-02-23
KW  - descriptions
KW  - Antricola centralis
KW  - A. hummelincki
KW  - A. armasi
KW  - A. siboneyi
KW  - bat guano
KW  - Cuba
KW  - Curacao
AB  - Four new species of the tick genus Antricola Cooley and Kohls, 1942 (Acari: Argasidae, Antricolinae) are described from specimens collected on bat guano at  hot caves  in Cuba and Curacao. A. centralis n. sp. is a species closely related to A. occidentalis Cruz, but differs in the structure of the dorsomarginal tubercles and submarginal dorsal fold. A. hummelincki n. sp., previously reported as A. silvai Cerny from Curacao, is a very small species with minute spiracles and a partly developed postanal groove. A. armasi n. sp, is characterized by the presence of three strong tubercles behind the postanal groove. A. siboneyi n. sp. is a unique Antricola species in having the spiracle large in the female but very small in the male. Both sexes can be easily determined by the peculiar structure of the postanal groove.
ER -