argasid ticks

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• argasid — Common name for members of the family Argasidae. * * * ar·ga·sid (ahrґgə sid) 1. pertaining to ticks of the family Argasidae. 2. a tick of the family Argasidae; called also argasid or soft tick. 3. pertaining to ticks of the genus Argas …   Medical dictionary

• argasid — /ahr geuh sid/, n. 1. any of the numerous ticks of the family Argasidae, comprising the soft ticks. adj. 2. belonging or pertaining to the family Argasidae. [ < NL Argasidae name of the family, equiv. to Argas a genus, perh. irreg. < Gk argós not …   Universalium

• argasid — noun tick lacking a dorsal shield and having mouth parts on the under side of the head • Syn: ↑soft tick • Hypernyms: ↑tick • Member Holonyms: ↑Argasidae, ↑family Argasidae * * * ˈ ̷ ̷gəsə̇d adjective …   Useful english dictionary

• Tick — For other uses, see Tick (disambiguation). Ticks Adult deer tick, Ixodes scapularis Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

• Otobius — A genus of argasid ticks similar to Ornithodoros but characterized by a granulated integument, a hypostome that is vestigial in the adult but well developed in the spiny nymphs, and the absence of eyes and hood. Two species are recognized: O.… …   Medical dictionary

• Ornithodoros erraticus — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum …   Wikipedia

• Argasidae — Family of ticks (superfamily Ixodoidea, order Acarina), the soft ticks, so called because of their wrinkled, leathery, tuberculated appearance that fills out when the tick is engorged with blood. A. contains 4 genera : Argas, Ornithodoros,… …   Medical dictionary

• Argas persicus — Taxobox name = Fowl Tick image caption = regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum = Chelicerata classis = Arachnida subclassis = Acarina superordo = Parasitiformes ordo = Ixodida superfamilia = Argasoidea familia = Argasidae subfamilia =… …   Wikipedia

• Nuttalliella — namaqua Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum …   Wikipedia

• Ornithodoros — A genus of soft ticks (family Argasidae), several species of which are vectors of pathogens of various relapsing fevers. They are characterized by a capitulum hidden below the hood and by disks and mamillae of the integument that are continuous… …   Medical dictionary

• Babesia — The economically most important genus of the protozoan family Babesiidae; characterized by multiplication in host red blood cells to form pairs and tetrads; it causes babesiosis (piroplasmosis) in most types of domestic animals, and two species… …   Medical dictionary