Species list, Checklist of Suborder Argasina for Benin (West Africa)

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Checklist for Suborder Argasina Van der Hammen, 1968
and region Benin (West Africa)

Class	Arachnida Lamarck, 1801 Arachnids	28 46 74	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Micrura Ehrenberg, 1831	25 41 68	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Acari Nitzsch, 1818 Mites and Ticks	16 27 54	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Parasitiformes Reuter, 1909 Mites, Ticks	4 10 37	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Ixodida Sundevall, 1833 Hard ticks, Soft ticks, Tick, Ticks	3 8 33	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Argasina Van der Hammen, 1968	1 2 6	Family Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Benin
1 Family width 6 Species

Soft tick

Species

Genera for Benin
2 Genera with 6 Species

Argas Latreille, 1844	American Dog Tick	5	Species	Taxom
Ornithodoros C. L. Koch, 1877	Soft-bodied Tick	1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Benin
6 Species

Argas (Argas) macrostigmatus Filippova, 1961
Argas (Persicargas) persicus (Oken, 1818)	⇒ Argas miniatus Koch, 1844
Argas hermanni (Audouin, 1827)	⇒ Argas macrostigmatus Filippova, 1961
Argas latus Filippova, 1961
Argas miniatus Koch, 1844	Chicken tick
Ornithodoros moubata (Murray, 1877)	⇒ Ornithodoros apertus Walton, 1962

Subnodes of Argasina with occurrences in Benin

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