Alectorobius sawaii
Species of tick
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Alectorobius sawaii is a species of argasid tick that parasitises streaked shearwater and Swinhoe's storm petrel seabirds in Japan and Korea.[2][1][3][4] The species name honors Hirofumi Sawa of Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan.[1]
| Alectorobius sawaii | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Ixodida |
| Family: | Argasidae |
| Genus: | Alectorobius |
| Species: | A. sawaii |
| Binomial name | |
| Alectorobius sawaii Kitaoka & Suzuki, 1973[1] | |