A Review On Ticks (Acari: Ixodoidea: Ixodidae, Argasidae), Associated Pathogens And Diseases Of Trinidad And Tobago Basu, A. K. Basu, M. Adesiyun, A. A. Acarologia 2012 2012-03-30 52 1 39 50 6T6M9 176285-s2 [238,682,1333,1357] Arachnida Argasidae Ornithodoros Animalia Ixodida 4 42 Arthropoda species capensis Alectorobius   Kohls et al.(1965)recorded  O.( A.) capensisfrom spotted sandpipers,  Actitis maculariafrom Laventile swamp, Port of Spain, Trinidad. Aitken et al.(1969)further recorded  O.( A.) capensisduring their survey of arthropods for natural virus infection.  Between 1962 and 1965, 15 strains of Hughes virus were isolated from Soldado Rock, a small limestone island located about 9.6 kmoff the southwestern tip of Trinidad. Seven isolates came from ticks of the  O. capensiscomplex and eight from nestling terns  Sterna fuscata( Aitken et al.1968b). Jonkers et al.(1973)reported Soldado virus (TRVL 52214), a new viral agent, isolated from a pool of nymphal  O. capensisticks (either  Ornithodoros capensis sensu strictoor  O. denmarki) collected from a brown noddy (  Anous stolidus) on Soldado Rock.  O.( A.) capensisis also known to transmit other Soldado viruses in Hawaii, Seychelles, Trinidadand Ethiopia( Labuda and Nuttall 2004); Johnston Atollvirus, Abal virus in Central Pacific Islands, Australia, New Zealand, SW Africa (Hoogstraal 2003); Upolu virus in Australia; Baku virus in Azerbaijan; Aransas Bay virus in Texas, USA; Saumarez Reef virus in Tasmania; Hirota virus on Aomatsushima Island, Japanand, Midway virus in Hawaii ( Labuda and Nuttall 2004).  Distribution: Dassen Island and Malagas Island ( South Africa), Australia, Central Pacific, Ethiopia, Hawaii, Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Texas, Dominica, Jamaica, Cuba( Kohls et al.1965; Cruz 2001).