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Checklist for Family Argasidae C. L. Koch, 1844 (soft tick)
and region Namibia (Southern Africa)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
126
448
1135
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
101
372
837
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Acari
Nitzsch, 1818
Mites and Ticks
47
85
127
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Parasitiformes
Reuter, 1909
Mites, Ticks
11
22
72
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Ixodida
Sundevall, 1833
Hard ticks, Soft ticks, Tick, Ticks
4
11
63
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Argasina
Van der Hammen, 1968
1
3
11
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Argasoidea
Koch, 1844
1
3
11
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyArgasidae
C. L. Koch, 1844
Soft tick, Soft ticks
3
11
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Namibia
3 Genera with 11 Species
Argas Latreille, 1969American Dog Tick5SpeciesTaxom
Carios Latreille, 18802SpeciesTaxom
Ornithodoros C. L. Koch, 1901Soft-bodied Tick5SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Namibia
11 Species and 1 Subspecies
Argas (Persicargas) persicus (Oken, 1818)⇒ Argas miniatus Koch, 1844
Argas lahorensis Neumann, 1908
Argas miniatus Koch, 1844Chicken tick
Argas peringueyi Bedford & He..., 1925
Argas walkerae Kaiser & Hoo..., 1969Southern Fowl tampan
Carios cordiformis (Hoogstraal &..., 1967)⇒ Carios confusus Hoogstraal, 1955
Carios rudis Karsch, 1880
Ornithodoros apertus Walton, 1962
Ornithodoros moubata (Murray, 1877)⇒ Ornithodoros apertus Walton, 1962
Ornithodoros pavimentosus (Neumann, 1901)⇒ Ornithodoros savignyi Audouin, 1827
Ornithodoros savignyi Audouin, 1827African eyed tampan
Ornithodoros savignyi caecus (Neumann, 1901)⇒ Ornithodoros savignyi Audouin, 1827

Subnodes of Argasidae with occurrences in Namibia
SubfamilyArgasinae
C. L. Koch, 1844
1
5
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOrnithodorinae
Pospelova-Shtrom, 1946
2
6
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Argasidae at artfakta.se
Argasidae at biodiversity.org.au
Argasidae at dyntaxa.se
Argasidae at gbif.org
Argasidae at irmng.org
Argasidae at itis.gov
Argasidae at marinespecies.org