Ornithodoros kelleyi is an argasidtickparasite of bats found widely throughout North America in caves and other natural and man-made features that harbor bats. Named after Thomas F. Kelley Jr. who discovered this tick while studying at UC Berkeley in 1941.[2] The species has not been shown to be a major vector of pathogens.[3]
References
^Robert Allen Cooley & Glen Milton Kohls (1941). "Three new species of Ornithodoros". Public Health Reports. 56: 587–594.