Ornithodoros nicollei Mooser, 1932

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Ornithodoros nicollei Mooser, 1932

ND: ND, rustic houses ( Chavarría 1941). COAHUILA: ND, coyote, houses, dogs ( Silva-Goytia & Elizondo 1952). COLIMA: Colima, Hodomys alleni ( Brumpt et al. 1939) ; ND, ND ( Davis 1942); Coquimatlán, ND ( Mazzotti 1942a); ND, dogs, man ( Hoffmann 1961). GUERRERO: Xalitla, huts of natives feeding of man ( Mooser 1932); Iguala, huts of natives feeding of man ( Mooser 1932); Mezcala, huts of natives feeding of man ( Mooser 1932); Río Balsas region, huts of natives ( Pilz & Mooser 1936), Iguala, ND ( Chavarría 1941; Mazzotti 1942); Tuxpan, ND ( Chavarría 1941); ND, ND ( Davis 1942); ND, ND ( Mazzotti 1947); ND, dogs, man ( Hoffmann 1961); “El Potrero,” Tlalchapa, houses ( Hoffmann,1962) (CNAC001962); Tlalchichilpa, houses ( Hoffmann 1962) (CNAC001961); Olinalá, houses ( Hoffmann 1962); Ometepec, houses ( Hoffmann 1962); Río Balsas, houses ( Hoffmann 1962). JALISCO: Autlán, ND ( Mazzotti 1942a); ND, ND ( Mazzotti 1947); ND, dogs, man ( Hoffmann 1961); MICHOACÁN: El Jorullo, on soil ( Hoffmann 1962) (CNAC005011). MORELOS: ND, ND ( Mazzotti 1947); ND, dogs, man ( Hoffmann 1961); Amacuzac, on soil ( Hoffmann 1962); Cuevas de Huajintlán, 0.5 km NW of Huajintlán, walls and on the floor ( Hoffmann 1962; Hoffmann et al. 2004) (CNAC001963). OAXACA: Putla, houses ( Hoffmann 1962); Oaxaca, Jamiltepec, houses ( Hoffmann 1962); Cacahuatepec, houses ( Hoffmann 1962); Calihuala, Silac, houses ( Hoffmann 1962) (CNAC001959); Silac, ND ( Carrillo et al. 1966). PUEBLA: Atencingo, ND ( Pilz & Mooser 1936); ND, ND ( Davis 1942); ND, Neotoma sp., dogs, man ( Davis 1943); ND, dogs, man ( Hoffmann 1961); Tecomatlán, houses ( Hoffmann 1962) (CNAC005006); Matamoros, squirrel ( Hoffmann 1962) (CNAC005004). SONORA: Isla Tiburon, lodge of Neotoma sp. ( Kohls et al. 1965; Hoffmann & López-Campos 2000).

Notes: Chavarría (1941) stated that this species is common from southern Morelos to southern Mexico. Ornithodoros nicollei has been collected from peasant houses, caves, humans, dogs, squirrels, Hodomys alleni , and Neotoma sp. in the states of Morelos, Coahuila, Colima, Durango, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Oaxaca, and Puebla ( Hoffmann & López-Campos 2000).

New records: ND: 2M, 5N, ND, ND, ND (CNAC001960). PUEBLA: 21F, 49M, 79N, Tecomatlán , houses, XII-42 ( CNAC005005 ) ; same data except 1F, 4M, 1N, II-43, ( CNAC005007 ) .