Argasidae

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Argasidae
Subfamiliae (2): Argasinae - Ornithodorinae

Overview of genera (6)

Antricola – Argas – Carios – Nothoaspis – Ornithodoros – Otobius

[source: Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist, plus (2) Antricola – Nothoaspis
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Name

Argasidae Koch, 1844

References

Primary references

Koch, C.L. 1844. Systematische Übersicht über die Ordnung der Zecken. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 10(1): 217–239. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Beaulieu, F., Dowling, A.P.G., Klompen, H., de Moraes, G.J. & Walter, D.E. 2011. Superorder Parasitiformes Reuter, 1909. Pp 123–128 In Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.) 2011. Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa 3148: 1–237. Open access. Reference page. PDF. Reference page.
Estrada-Peña, A., Mangold, A.J., Nava, S., Venzal, J.M., Labruna, M.B., Guglielmone, A.A., 2010: A review of the systematics of the tick family Argasidae (Ixodida). Acarologia 50(3): 317–333. DOI: 10.1051/acarologia/20101975 . Reference page.
Guglielmone, A.A., Robbins, R.G., Apanaskevich, D.A., Petney, T.N., Estrada-Peña, A., Horak, I.G., Shao, R. & Barker, S.C. 2010. The Argasidae, Ixodidae and Nuttalliellidae (Acari: Ixodida) of the world: a list of valid species names. Zootaxa 2528: 1–28. Preview DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2528.1.1 ResearchGate . Reference page.
Guzmán-Cornejo, C., Herrera-Mares, A., Robbins, R.G. & Rebollo-Hernández, A. 2019. The soft ticks (Parasitiformes: Ixodida: Argasidae) of Mexico: species, hosts, and geographical distribution. Zootaxa 4623(3): 485–525. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4623.3.3 Reference page.
Klompen, J.S.H. 1992: Comparative morphology of argasid larvae (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae), with notes on phylogenetic relationships. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 85(5): 541–560. abstract PDF Reference page.
Klompen, J.S.H.; Oliver, J.H., jr. 1993: Haller's organ in the tick family Argasidae (Acari: Parasitiformes: Ixodida). Journal of parasitology, 79(4): 591–603. JSTOR PDF
Klompen, J.S.H.; Oliver, J.H., jr. 1993: Systematic relationships in the soft ticks (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae). Systematic entomology, 18(4): 313–331. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1993.tb00669.x PDF
Mans, B.J., Featherston, J., Kvas, M., Pillay, K-A., Klerk, D.G. de, Pienaar, R., Castro, M.H. de, Schwan, T.G., Lopez, J.E., Teel, P., Pérez de León, A.A., Sonenshine, D.E., Egekwu, N.I., Bakkes, D.K., Heyne, H., Kanduma, E.G., Nyangiwe, N., Bouattour, A. & Latif, A.A. 2019. Argasid and ixodid systematics: Implications for soft tick evolution and systematics, with a new argasid species list. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 10(1): 219–240. DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2018.09.010 PDF Reference page.

Vernacular names

English: soft ticks
Türkçe: Kış kenesigiller