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family 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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References in periodicals archive

Although less familiar than the hard ticks, soft ticks (family Argasidae) also have been known to transmit microbial pathogens that can cause serious illnesses in humans and animals, e.g.

A Noteworthy Research Investigation by Dr. Noble Egekwu and Team to Compare Expressed Genes for Female Synganglion from Oasis Publishers

TBRF is transmitted from the bite of an infected soft body tick (family Argasidae) of the genus Ornithodoros.

Where are the ticks? Solving the mystery of a tickborne relapsing fever outbreak at a youth camp

The spinose ear tick, Otobius megnini, is a soft-bodied tick belonging to the family Argasidae. Their distribution is in the Nearctic and they are most prevalent in arid to semiarid regions of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico (Bishopp and Trembley, 1945; Keirans and Pound, 2003).

Spatial and temporal distributions of the spinose ear tick, Otobius megnini, within animal shelters at Fossil Rim Wildlife Center

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