| ornithodoros peropteryx (acari: argasidae) in bolivia: an argasid tick with a single nymphal stage. | by the end of the 1960s, the argasid tick ornithodoros peropteryx was described from larval specimens collected from the bat peropteryx macrotis in colombia. since its original description, no additional record of o. peropteryx has been reported, and its post-larval stages have remained unknown. during july 2010, 18 larvae were collected from 9 bats (centronycteris maximiliani), resulting in a mean infestation of 2.0 ± 2.2 ticks per bat (range 1-8). these bats were captured in a farm in northeas ... | 2013 | 23543273 |