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=Argas spp.=
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'''Scientific Classification'''
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| Class
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| Arachnida
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| Order
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| Parasitiformes
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| Family
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| Argasidae
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''Ornithodoros spp.''
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*Warmer climates worldwide
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*Found in primitive housing and sandy soil
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*Vectors for relapsing fever in humans caused by ''Borrelia spp.''
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*Vectors for [[Asfarviridae|African swine fever]]
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''Otobius spp.''
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*Warmer climates worldwide
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*Inhabits the ears of cats and dogs
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*Also referred to as the 'spinose ear tick'
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*Can predispose animals to secondary myiasis
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[[Category:Ticks]]
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Revision as of 16:10, 17 July 2010

Argas spp.

Scientific Classification

Class Arachnida
Order Parasitiformes
Family Argasidae


Ornithodoros spp.

  • Warmer climates worldwide
  • Found in primitive housing and sandy soil
  • Vectors for relapsing fever in humans caused by Borrelia spp.
  • Vectors for African swine fever

Otobius spp.

  • Warmer climates worldwide
  • Inhabits the ears of cats and dogs
  • Also referred to as the 'spinose ear tick'
  • Can predispose animals to secondary myiasis