Biology:Nothoaspis

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Nothoaspis is a genus of soft ticks in the family Argasidae.[1][2]

The type species is Nothoaspis reddelli, which was distinguished by the presence of a false shield on the anterior half of its body.[3]

Species

Nothoaspis is one of nine genera in the Argasid subfamily Ornithodorinae. The genus currently contains three species:[2]

  • N. (Nothoaspis) amazoniensis Nava, Venzal & Labruna, 2010
  • N. (Nothoaspis) reddelli Keirans & Clifford, 1975
  • N. (Nothoaspis) setosus Kohls, Clifford & Jones, 1969

References

  1. ↑ Mans, Ben J.; Featherston, Jonathan; Kvas, Marija; Pillay, Kerry-Anne; de Klerk, Daniel G.; Pienaar, Ronel; de Castro, Minique H.; Schwan, Tom G. et al. (2019-01-01). "Argasid and ixodid systematics: Implications for soft tick evolution and systematics, with a new argasid species list". Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 10 (1): 219–240. doi:10.1016/j.ttbdis.2018.09.010. ISSN 1877-959X. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877959X18301547. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mans, Ben J.; Kelava, Samuel; Pienaar, Ronel; Featherston, Jonathan; de Castro, Minique H.; Quetglas, Juan; Reeves, Will K.; Durden, Lance A. et al. (2021-07-01). "Nuclear (18S-28S rRNA) and mitochondrial genome markers of Carios (Carios) vespertilionis (Argasidae) support Carios Latreille, 1796 as a lineage embedded in the Ornithodorinae: re-classification of the Carios sensu Klompen and Oliver (1993) clade into its respective subgenera". Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 12 (4). doi:10.1016/j.ttbdis.2021.101688. ISSN 1877-959X. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877959X21000418. 
  3. ↑ Keirans, James E.; Clifford, Carleton M. (1975-01-15). "Nothoaspis reddelli, New Genus and New Species (Ixodoidea: Argasidae), from a Bat Cave in Mexico" (in en). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 68 (1): 81–85. doi:10.1093/aesa/68.1.81. ISSN 0013-8746. 

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