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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Candidatus Borrelia octodonta"

Name: "Candidatus Borrelia octodonta" Santodomingo et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. octodonta, name based on the specific epithet of the host tick Ornithodoros octodontus

Gender: feminine

Original publication: Santodomingo A, Thomas R, Thompson M, Robbiano S, Espinoza P, Munoz-Leal S. Experimental transmission of a novel relapsing fever group Borrelia harbored by Ornithodoros octodontus (Ixodida: Argasidae) in Chile. Exp Appl Acarol 2024; 92:241-252. 🇨🇱

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: not pro-validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not pro-correct name)

Parent taxon: Borrelia Swellengrebel 1907 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Santodomingo A, Thomas R, Thompson M, Robbiano S, Espinoza P, Munoz-Leal S. Experimental transmission of a novel relapsing fever group Borrelia harbored by Ornithodoros octodontus (Ixodida: Argasidae) in Chile. Exp Appl Acarol 2024; 92:241-252. 🇨🇱

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Record number: 44386

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