Subparmatus

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Subparmatus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Ixodida
Family: Argasidae
Genus: Subparmatus
Clifford et al., 1964
Type species
Subparmatus viguerasi
(Cooley and Kohls, 1941)

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

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

References

  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.