Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Carios yunkeri
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Ixodida
Superfamily
Argasoidea
Family
Argasidae
Genus
Carios
Species
yunkeri
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Ornithodoros yunkeri Keirans, Clifford & Hoogstraal, 1984; Syn.: Ornithodoros yunkeri Keirans, Clifford & Hoogstraal, 1984 fide Roskov et al. (2013)
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Schatz, H. (1991) Catalogue of known species of Acari from the Galapagos Islands (Ecuador, Pacific Ocean). International Journal of Acarology 17(3): 213-225.
- Keirans, J.E. Clifford, C.M. & Hoogstraal, H. (1984) Ornithodoros (Alectorobius) yunkeri, New Species (Acari: Ixodoidea: Argasidae), from Seabirds and Nesting Sites in the Galapagos Islands. Journal of Medical Entomology 21(3): 344-350.
- Roskov Y. Kunze T., Paglinawan L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Culham A., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Hernandez F., De Wever A., (eds.) (2013) Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2013 Annual Checklist Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2013/. Species 2000: Reading, UK
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"Galapagos Species Database, Carios yunkeri", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=17978. Accessed 10 August 2025.