Nothoaspis


Nothoaspis
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 the 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

  1. 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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