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    The Argasidae are the family of soft ticks, one of the three families of ticks. The family contains 193 species, although the composition of the genera...
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    Tick (section Argasidae)
    Ticks belong to two major families, the Ixodidae or hard ticks, and the Argasidae, or soft ticks. Nuttalliella, a genus of tick from southern Africa, is...
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    hard shield, which the other major family of ticks, the 'soft ticks' (Argasidae), lack. They are ectoparasites of a wide range of host species, and some...
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    Ornithodoros (category Argasidae)
    Ornithodoros is a genus in the soft-bodied tick family, Argasidae. The opening between the midgut and hindgut has been lost, making the ticks unable to...
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    Ornithodoros savignyi (category Argasidae)
    viruses may exist between Saudi Arabia and India. Soft ticks of the family Argasidae lack the hard scutum or shield present in hard ticks of the family Ixodidae...
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    to cause relapsing fever. While most species use the soft tick family Argasidae as their vector, some outliers live in hard ticks or lice. Relapsing fever...
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    Holothyrida Allothyridae Holothyridae Neothyridae Ixodida (ticks) Argasidae Ixodidae Nuttalliellidae Mesostigmata Monogynaspida Sejina Trigynaspida Opilioacariformes...
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  • Otobius lagophilus (category Argasidae)
    Two new species of Argasidae (Acarina: Ixodoidea). Pub Hlth Rep 55:925-933. Cooley RA, Kohls GM. 1940. Two new species of Argasidae (Acarina: Ixodoidea)...
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    Holothyrida Allothyridae Holothyridae Neothyridae Ixodida (ticks) Argasidae Ixodidae Nuttalliellidae Mesostigmata Monogynaspida Sejina Trigynaspida Opilioacariformes...
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    Superorder: Parasitiformes Leach, 1815 Orders and main families Ixodida Argasidae (soft ticks) Ixodidae (hard ticks) Nuttalliellidae † Deinocrotonidae †...
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