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Checklist for Suborder Argasina Van der Hammen, 1968
and region Kenya (East Africa)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
172
629
1333
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
144
524
1085
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Acari
Nitzsch, 1818
Mites and Ticks
90
195
308
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Parasitiformes
Reuter, 1909
Mites, Ticks
16
35
100
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Ixodida
Sundevall, 1833
Hard ticks, Soft ticks, Tick, Ticks
3
10
77
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Argasina
Van der Hammen, 1968
1
3
15
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Kenya
1 Family width 15 Species and 1 Subspecies
Argasidae C. L. Koch, 1844Soft tick15SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Kenya
3 Genera with 15 Species
Argas Latreille, 1977American Dog Tick6SpeciesTaxom
Carios Latreille, 18803SpeciesTaxom
Ornithodoros C. L. Koch, 1827Soft-bodied Tick6SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kenya
15 Species and 1 Subspecies
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, 1844Chicken tick
Argas vansomereni Keirans, Hoo..., 1977Van Someren's Kenya swallow-nest argasid
Carios erraticus Lucas, 1849
Carios faini Hoogstraal, 1960
Carios rudis Karsch, 1880
Ornithodoros apertus Walton, 1962
Ornithodoros faini (Hoogstraal, 1960)⇒ Carios faini Hoogstraal, 1960
Ornithodoros graingeri Heisch & Gug..., 1953
Ornithodoros moubata (Murray, 1877)⇒ Ornithodoros apertus Walton, 1962
Ornithodoros porcinus domesticus Walton, 1962Eyeless tampan
Ornithodoros savignyi Audouin, 1827African eyed tampan

Subnodes of Argasina with occurrences in Kenya
SuperfamilyArgasoidea
Koch, 1844
1
3
15
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom