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Checklist for Superfamily Argasoidea Koch, 1844
and region Cape (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
248
931
1761
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
209
804
1356
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Acari
Nitzsch, 1818
Mites and Ticks
135
272
392
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Parasitiformes
Reuter, 1909
Mites, Ticks
23
45
70
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Ixodida
Sundevall, 1833
Hard ticks, Soft ticks, Tick, Ticks
4
12
40
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Argasina
Van der Hammen, 1968
1
4
9
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Argasoidea
Koch, 1844
1
4
9
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Cape
1 Family width 9 Species
Argasidae C. L. Koch, 1844Soft tick9SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Cape
4 Genera with 9 Species
Argas Latreille, 1969American Dog Tick5SpeciesTaxom
Carios Latreille, 19012SpeciesTaxom
Ornithodoros C. L. Koch, 1877Soft-bodied Tick1SpeciesTaxom
Otobius Banks, 18841SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape
9 Species
Argas (Carios) vespertilionis (Neumann, 1896)⇒ 
Argas brumpti Neumann, 1907
Argas striatus Bedford, 1932
Argas theilerae Hoogstraal &..., 1970Theiler's African White-backed vulture argasid
Argas walkerae Kaiser & Hoo..., 1969Southern Fowl tampan
Carios (Carios) vespertilionis Latreille, 1796Bat tampan
Carios capensis Neumann, 1901Seabird soft tick
Ornithodoros moubata (Murray, 1877)⇒ Ornithodoros apertus Walton, 1962
Otobius megnini Dugès, 1884Ear tick

Subnodes of Argasoidea with occurrences in Cape
FamilyArgasidae
C. L. Koch, 1844
soft tick, Soft ticks
4
9
Genera
Species

Taxom