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Argasidae

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Argasidae /Ar·gas·i·dae/ (ar-gas´ĭ-de) a family of arthropods (superfamily Ixodoidea) made up of the soft-bodied ticks.
Ar·gas·i·dae (är-gs-d)
n.
A family of soft-bodied ticks.

Argasidae [ahr-gas´ĭ-de]
a family of arthropods, the soft ticks.

Argasidae
a family of arthropods made up of the soft-bodied ticks.


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Keneler, artropodlarin; acarina sinifi altinda metastigmata dizisi ixodidae ust ailesinde ixodidae ve argasidae ailelerinin uyeleridir.
Tick biology--There are three families of ticks recognized in the world today: (1) Ixodidae (hard ticks), (2) Argasidae (soft ticks), and (3) Nuttalliellidae, a small, curious, little-known group with some characteristics of both hard and soft ticks (Varma, 1993).
All about ticks The ticks implicated in the four tick-borne illnesses outlined above belong to the Ixodidae (hard ticks) family as opposed to the soft tick Argasidae family.
 
 
 
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