Infestation of laboratory colonies of the soft tick, Ornithodoros moubata Murray 1877 (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae) by Tyrophagus fanetzhangorum Klimov & OConnor 2009 (Acari: Astigmatina: Acaroidea: Acaridae)

We report a case of infestation of a long-term laboratory colony of soft ticks, Ornithodoros moubata, with mites that were molecularly identified as Tyrophagus fanetzhangorum using the COI gene and discuss the possible nature of the interaction between these two acarines.

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This article reports a case of infestation of a long-term laboratory colony of soft ticks, Ornithodoros moubata, by mites that were identified as Tyrophagus fanetzhangorum using the COI gene. The possible nature of the interaction between these two acarines is also discussed.