- The
Argasidae are the
family of soft ticks, one of the
three families of ticks. The
family contains 193 species,
although the
composition of the genera...
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Ticks belong to two
major families, the
Ixodidae or hard ticks, and the
Argasidae, or soft ticks. Nuttalliella, a
genus of tick from
southern Africa, is...
- hard shield,
which the
other major family of ticks, the 'soft ticks' (
Argasidae), lack. They are
ectoparasites of a wide
range of host species, and some...
-
Ornithodoros is a
genus in the soft-bodied tick family,
Argasidae. The
opening between the
midgut and
hindgut has been lost,
making the
ticks unable to...
- TN; Estrada-Peña, A; Horak, IG; Shao, R; Barker, SC (6 July 2010). "The
Argasidae,
Ixodidae and
Nuttalliellidae (Acari: Ixodida) of the world: a list of...
- to
cause relapsing fever.
While most
species use the soft tick
family Argasidae as
their vector, some
outliers live in hard
ticks or lice.
Relapsing fever...
- from the main two
living families of ticks,
Ixodidae (hard bodied) and
Argasidae (soft bodied), as well as Nuttalliella, and has been
placed in the monotypic...
- alactagalis, the
relapsing fever tick, is a
species of soft tick in the
family Argasidae. "Ornithodoros
alactagalis Report".
Integrated Taxonomic Information System...
- Two new
species of
Argasidae (Acarina: Ixodoidea). Pub Hlth Rep 55:925-933.
Cooley RA,
Kohls GM. 1940. Two new
species of
Argasidae (Acarina: Ixodoidea)...
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family Argasidae. It is an
ectoparasite and
vector of
relapsing fever in humans, and
African swine fever in pigs. Soft
ticks in the
family Argasidae are...
