Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
North American Bird Argas
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Arachnomorpha
()
- Heider, 1913
- Infraphylum:
Cheliceriformes
()
- Superclass:
Chelicerata
()
- Epiclass:
Euchelicerata
()
- Subclass:
Acari
()
- Leach, 1817
- Mites and Ticks
- Superorder:
Parasitiformes
()
- Reuter, 1909
- Superorder:
Parasitiformes
(
- Subclass:
Acari
(
- Epiclass:
Euchelicerata
(
- Superclass:
Chelicerata
(
- Infraphylum:
Cheliceriformes
(
- Subphylum:
Arachnomorpha
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Argas (Persicargas) Radiatus Kohls Et Al. • Argas americana Packard
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 03-Jan-2004
Similar Species
Members of the genus Argas
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 19 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. arboreus (Egyptian Heron Rookery Argasid) · A. cooleyi (Cliff Swallow Tick) · A. cucumerinus (Peruvian Cucumiform Argasid) · A. dalei (Dale´s Peruvian Burrowing-Owl Argasid) · A. lagenoplastis (Australian Fairy Martin Argasid) · A. magnus (Ecuadorian Pyriform Argasid) · A. miniatus (Chicken Tick) · A. neghmei (Neghme´s South American Bird Argasid) · A. persicus (Bluebug) · A. radiatus (North American Bird Argas) · A. reflexus (African Bird Argasid) · A. robertsi (Robert's Australian Bird Argasid) · A. sanchezi (Adobe Tick) · A. streptopelia (African Dove Argasid) · A. theilerae (Theiler's African White-Backed Vulture Argasid) · A. transgariepinus (Secretive Bat-Argas) · A. vansomereni (Van Someren's Kenya Swallow-Nest Argasid) · A. walkerae (Southern Fowl Tampan) · A. zumpti (Zumpt's South African Cape-Vulture Argasid)
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Further Reading
- Cooperative economic insect report. Hyattsville, MD. [etc.]Plant Protection and Quarantine Programs Animal and Plant Health Service. url p. 39.
- Ticks, a monograph of the Ixodoidea / by George H. F. Nuttall. .. [et al.]. Cambridge, [England]: University press, 1908-1926. url p. 8, p. 9.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 17, 2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- TicksBase, 5.6, 2005.
- TicksBase. Release date: June 15, 2005
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 6698504
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Tic-173
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 799091
