- 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...
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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...
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Ornithodoros madagascariensis is a "soft tick" (family
Argasidae) that
parasitizes cave-inhabiting
fruit bats in the
genus Megachiroptera.
First cir****scribed...
- 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)...
- 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...
- are
distinguished from the
other main
family of ticks, the soft
ticks (
Argasidae) by the
presence of a
scutum or hard shield. In both the
nymph and the...
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Holothyrida Allothyridae Holothyridae Neothyridae Ixodida (ticks)
Argasidae Ixodidae Nuttalliellidae Mesostigmata Monogynaspida Sejina Trigynaspida Opilioacariformes...
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viruses may
exist between Saudi Arabia and India. Soft
ticks of the
family Argasidae lack the hard
scutum or
shield present in hard
ticks of the
family Ixodidae...
