Argas africolumbae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Argasoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Subclassis: Acari Superordo: Parasitiformes Subordo: Ixodida Superfamilia: Argasoidea

Familia: Argasidae
Subfamilia: Argasinae
Genus: Argas
Species: Argas africolumbae

Name

• Argas africolumbae Hoogstraal, Kaiser, Walker, Ledger, Converse and Rice, 1975

Primary references

• Hoogstraal, H., Kaiser, M. N., Walker, J. B., Ledger, J. A., Converse, J. D. & Rice, R. C. A. 1975: Observations on the subgenus Argas (Ixodoidea : Argasidae : Argas). 10. A. (A.) africolumbae, n. sp., a Pretoria virus-infected parasite of birds in southern and eastern Africa. J. Med. Entomol., 12 (2) : 194–201.