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    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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    Tick (section Argasidae)
    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...
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    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 (category Argasidae)
    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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  • 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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    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...
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    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...
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    Estrada-Peña; Ivan G. Horak; Renfu Shao; Stephen C. Barker (2010). "The Argasidae, Ixodidae and Nuttalliellidae (Acari: Ixodida) of the world: a list of...
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    Ornithodoros moubata (category Argasidae)
    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...
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    Ornithodoros savignyi (category Argasidae)
    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...
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    Holothyrida Allothyridae Holothyridae Neothyridae Ixodida (ticks) Argasidae Ixodidae Nuttalliellidae Mesostigmata Monogynaspida Sejina Trigynaspida Opilioacariformes...
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    Holothyrida Allothyridae Holothyridae Neothyridae Ixodida (ticks) Argasidae Ixodidae Nuttalliellidae Mesostigmata Monogynaspida Sejina Trigynaspida Opilioacariformes...
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  • Otobius lagophilus (category Argasidae)
    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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    Holothyrida Allothyridae Holothyridae Neothyridae Ixodida (ticks) Argasidae Ixodidae Nuttalliellidae Mesostigmata Monogynaspida Sejina Trigynaspida Opilioacariformes...
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    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...
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  • alactagalis, the relapsing fever tick, is a species of soft tick in the family Argasidae. "Ornithodoros alactagalis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System...
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  • Suzuki, H (1973). "Ornithodoros (Alectorobius) sawaii sp. n. (Ixodoidea, Argasidae) associated with the streaked shear-water, Colonectris leucomelas, from...
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  • Argas theilerae (category Argasidae)
    African white-backed vulture argasid) is a species of tick in the family Argasidae. The specific epithet honours South African parasitologist Dr. Gertrud...
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    Holothyrida Allothyridae Holothyridae Neothyridae Ixodida (ticks) Argasidae Ixodidae Nuttalliellidae Mesostigmata Monogynaspida Sejina Trigynaspida Opilioacariformes...
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    complex sensory organ possessed by hard and soft ticks (Ixodidae and Argasidae). Not found outside of Acari, it is proposed to function like the chemosensation...
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  • Atoll virus (Quaranfil group) from Ornithodoros capensis (Ixodoidea: Argasidae) infesting a gannet colony in New Zealand". The American Journal of Tropical...
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    Superorder: Parasitiformes Leach, 1815 Orders and main families Ixodida Argasidae (soft ticks) Ixodidae (hard ticks) Nuttalliellidae † Deinocrotonidae †...
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    Holothyrida Allothyridae Holothyridae Neothyridae Ixodida (ticks) Argasidae Ixodidae Nuttalliellidae Mesostigmata Monogynaspida Sejina Trigynaspida Opilioacariformes...
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    Kaiser, Makram N. (1970-01-15). "The Subgenus Persicargas (Ixodoidea, Argasidae, Argas). 8. A. (P.) theilerae, New Species, a Parasite of the White-Backed...
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  • Nothoaspis (category Argasidae)
    Nothoapis is a genus in the soft-bodied tick family, Argasidae. It is very similar to those of the genus Antricola. The genus's origin is Nothoaspis reddelli...
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  • understood to require a substantial feeding period. In general, soft ticks (Argasidae) transmit pathogens within minutes of attachment because they feed more...
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    Holothyrida Allothyridae Holothyridae Neothyridae Ixodida (ticks) Argasidae Ixodidae Nuttalliellidae Mesostigmata Monogynaspida Sejina Trigynaspida Opilioacariformes...
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    Holothyrida Allothyridae Holothyridae Neothyridae Ixodida (ticks) Argasidae Ixodidae Nuttalliellidae Mesostigmata Monogynaspida Sejina Trigynaspida Opilioacariformes...
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    Holothyrida Allothyridae Holothyridae Neothyridae Ixodida (ticks) Argasidae Ixodidae Nuttalliellidae Mesostigmata Monogynaspida Sejina Trigynaspida Opilioacariformes...
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    Holothyrida Allothyridae Holothyridae Neothyridae Ixodida (ticks) Argasidae Ixodidae Nuttalliellidae Mesostigmata Monogynaspida Sejina Trigynaspida Opilioacariformes...
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