The tick family Argasidae is a complex and diverse assemblage of about 190 species. Taxa
within the Family Ixodidae had received considerable attention by contemporary …

This work is intended as a consensus list of valid tick names, following recent revisionary
studies, wherein we recognize 896 species of ticks in 3 families. The Nuttalliellidae is …

Phylogenetic relationships among tick subfamilies have been estimated using
morphological and molecular characters. However, the phylogeny based on a portion of the …

The systematics of the genera and subgenera within the soft tick family Argasidae is not
adequately resolved. Different classification schemes, reflecting diverse schools of scientific …

A phylogenetic analysis of relationships at the generic to subgeneric level is carried out for
the family Argasidae. The analysis is based on a total of eighty‐three characters drawn from …

Phylogenetic relationships of 9 species of ticks were inferred from nucleotide sequences of
the D1 domain of large subunit ribosomal DNA (rDNA), the V4 region of small subunit rDNA …

The world's argasid tick fauna comprises 183 species in four genera, namely Argas, Carios,
Ornithodoros and Otobius in the family Argasidae. The ixodid tick fauna consists of 241 …

References to the descriptions and redescriptions of the 742 species of Ixodidae published
from 1758 to December 31, 2019 are compiled, with the goal of enabling tick taxonomists to …

The genus-level classification of soft ticks (Argasidae) is controversial. A previous
phylogenetic analysis of morphological and developmental characters found that the genus …

The world's tick fauna is composed of some 850 species in 3 families and 19 genera. All
known tick species are obligate hematophagous ectoparasites of either warm-or cold …