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Argasidae

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Noun1.Argasidae - soft ticks
arthropod family - any of the arthropods
Acarina, order Acarina - mites and ticks
argasid, soft tick - tick lacking a dorsal shield and having mouth parts on the under side of the head


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Keneler, artropodlarin; acarina sinifi altinda metastigmata dizisi ixodidae ust ailesinde ixodidae ve argasidae ailelerinin uyeleridir.
Tick biology--There are three families of ticks recognized in the world today: (1) Ixodidae (hard ticks), (2) Argasidae (soft ticks), and (3) Nuttalliellidae, a small, curious, little-known group with some characteristics of both hard and soft ticks (Varma, 1993).
All about ticks The ticks implicated in the four tick-borne illnesses outlined above belong to the Ixodidae (hard ticks) family as opposed to the soft tick Argasidae family.
 
 
 
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