Abstract
According to Toomey, 1 tick that invades the ears of cattle and man, the 'spinose ear tick,' is an ectoparasite belonging to the family Argasidae . It is no longer considered a species of the genus Ornithodoros , as it was made the type species of a new genus by Banks, Its proper technical name is now Otiobius megnini (Duges, 1883), Banks, 1908. Among the first to become acquainted with tick infestations of the ear were the natives and early colonists of Mexico. ear ticks were not, however, considered as members of a distinct species, but were described together with the other ticks found on man as members of Ixodes hominis by Koch in 1844. In the manuscript reports of French surgeons and veterinarians who accompanied the invading French army to Mexico in 1864, we find particular mention of the ear tick. The horses of the expedition were frequently
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