Nothoaspis
Genus of ticks
| Nothoaspis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Subclass: | Acari |
| Order: | Ixodida |
| Family: | Argasidae |
| Subfamily: | Ornithodorinae |
| Genus: | Nothoaspis |
Nothoapis is a genus in the soft-bodied tick family, Argasidae. It is very similar to those of the genus Antricola. The genus's origin is Nothoaspis reddelli, which is the only tick species with a false shield on the anterior half of its body, propagating both a new genus and a new species.[1]
References
- ^ Keirans, James E.; Clifford, Carleton M. (1975-01-15). "Nothoaspis reddelli, New Genus and New Species (Ixodoidea: Argasidae), from a Bat Cave in Mexico". 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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