Systematic relationships among the basal Ixodidae are examined using one morphological
and three molecular data sets, 18S and 28S nuclear and 16S mitochondrial rDNA. Although …

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 …

Abstract Background The cattle tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, economically
impact cattle industry in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. The morphological and …

Improved understanding of tick phylogeny has allowed testing of some biogeographical
patterns. On the basis of both literature data and a meta-analysis of available sequence …

This book includes descriptive keys for identifying every stage of all the species of ticks
reported in Europe and northern Africa. It includes descriptive texts on the ecology and …

Recent molecular and morphological studies of the genera Rhipicephalus Koch, 1844 and
Boophilus Curtice, 1891 revealed that the five species of Boophilus make the genus …

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 …

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

This catalogue of the ticks of the world provides an annotated and hierarchical list of all the
valid and invalid scientific names of ticks occurring in the literature. It deals with 4210 names …

Ticks are classified into two major families, Ixodidae (hard-bodied ticks) and Argasidae (soft-
bodied ticks). A third family, Nuttalliellidae, contains a single species. Almost 840 species …