Chiropterargas

Chiropterargas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Ixodida
Family:	Argasidae
Genus:	Chiropterargas ; Hoogstraal, 1955
Type species
	Chiropterargas boueti ; (Roubaud and Colas-Belcour, 1933)

Last updated October 18, 2025

Chiropterargas is a genus of soft ticks in the family Argasidae.^[1]

Species

Chiropterargas is one of nine genera in the Argasid subfamily Ornithodorinae. The genus currently contains four species:^[1]

C. (Chiropterargas) boueti (Roubaud & Colas-Belcour, 1933)
C. (Chiropterargas) ceylonensis (Hoogstraal & Kaiser, 1968)
C. (Chiropterargas) confusus (Hoogstraal, 1955)
C. (Chiropterargas) cordiformis (Hoogstraal & Kohls, 1967)

References

1 2 Mans, Ben J.; Featherston, Jonathan; Kvas, Marija; Pillay, Kerry-Anne; de Klerk, Daniel G.; Pienaar, Ronel; de Castro, Minique H.; Schwan, Tom G.; Lopez, Job E.; Teel, Pete; Pérez de León, Adalberto A.; Sonenshine, Daniel E.; Egekwu, Noble I.; Bakkes, Deon K.; Heyne, Heloise (2019-01-01). "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. ISSN 1877-959X.

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[:0-1] 1 2 Mans, Ben J.; Featherston, Jonathan; Kvas, Marija; Pillay, Kerry-Anne; de Klerk, Daniel G.; Pienaar, Ronel; de Castro, Minique H.; Schwan, Tom G.; Lopez, Job E.; Teel, Pete; Pérez de León, Adalberto A.; Sonenshine, Daniel E.; Egekwu, Noble I.; Bakkes, Deon K.; Heyne, Heloise (2019-01-01). "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. ISSN 1877-959X.

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