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Family Argasidae - Soft Ticks

tick from gopher tortoise burrow - Ornithodoros turicata

Argasidae: Ornithodoros sp. ? - Ornithodoros

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Subclass Acari (Mites and Ticks)

Superorder Parasitiformes

Order Ixodida (Ticks)

Family Argasidae (Soft Ticks)

Explanation of Names

Argasidae Koch 1844

Numbers

~190 spp. in 4 genera total(1)

Identification

body oval/pear-shaped, rounded anteriorly; mouth parts more easily seen from the ventral view

Works Cited

1.	Superorder Parasitiformes Reuter, 1909. In: Zhang Z.-Q. (ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification... Beaulieu F., Dowling A.P.G., Klompen H., de Moraes G.J., Walter D.E. 2011. Zootaxa 3148: 123–128.

Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 12 April, 2008 - 9:59am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 28 December, 2014 - 4:47pm

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