Secretargas
Genus of ticks
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Secretargas is a genus of soft ticks in the family Argasidae.[1]
| Secretargas | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Ixodida |
| Family: | Argasidae |
| Subfamily: | Argasinae |
| Genus: | Secretargas Hoogstraal, 1957 |
| Type species | |
| Secretargas transgariepinus (White, 1846) | |
Secretargas is one of six genera in the Argasid subfamily Argasinae. The genus currently contains three species:[2][1]
- S. echinops (Hoogstraal, Uilenberg & Blanc, 1967)
- S. hoogstraali (Morel & Vassiliades, 1965)
- S. transgariepinus (White, 1846)
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