Antricola coprophilus ( McIntosh, 1935 )

Guzmán-Cornejo, Carmen, Herrera-Mares, Angel, Robbins, Richard G. & Rebollo-Hernández, Andrea, 2019, The soft ticks (Parasitiformes: Ixodida: Argasidae) of Mexico: species, hosts, and geographical distribution, Zootaxa 4623 (3), pp. 485-525 : 493

Antricola coprophilus ( McIntosh, 1935)

CHIAPAS: Cueva de la Chepa, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, bat guano ( Mazzotti 1940; Hoffmann et al. 2004) (CNAC001931). COLIMA: Cueva de la Fábrica (5 km W of Coquimatlán), bat guano ( Mazzotti 1941); Cueva el Salitre, Los Ortices, Macrotus waterhousii ( Herrera et al. 2016). GUERRERO: ND, bat guano ( Chavarría 1941). JALISCO: Cueva “El Chico,” 5 km NW of Tuxcacuesco, bat guano ( Hoffmann 1962; Hoffmann et al. 2004). NUEVO LEÓN: Linares, bat guano ( McIntosh 1935). SAN LUIS POTOSÍ: Sótano de la Tinaja, bat guano ( Hoffmann et al. 2004). TAMAULIPAS: Matamoros, bat guano ( Philip 1940); Cueva de los Cuarteles, Aldama, bat guano ( Hoffmann 1962; Carrillo et al. 1966; Hoffmann et al. 2004) (CNAC001930); Cueva de la Florida (7.5 km NE of Antiguo Morelos), bat guano ( Hoffmann et al. 2004). VERACRUZ: Cuevas de Laguna Encantada, bat guano ( Hoffmann 1962; Hoffmann et al. 2004) (CNAC001927). YUCATÁN: Cueva de Hoctún, bat guano ( Hoffmann 1962; Hoffmann et al. 2004) (CNAC001928).

Note: In this work we have retained the original species determination of specimens deposited at CNAC as A. coprophilus because their stigmal plates are suboval and do not protrude from the body. However, our female specimens possess small tufts of setae along the posteroventral edge of the idiosoma, similar to those seen in A. mexicanus . Further collections near the type localities of both species are needed in order to obtain additional morphological and molecular data that would resolve our specimens’ taxonomic status.