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Carios
Genus of ticks From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Carios is a genus of soft ticks belonging to the family Argasidae.[1] The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.[2]
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Species
Carios is one of nine genera in the Argasid subfamily Ornithodorinae. The genus currently contains 8 species.[3][1]
- C. (Carios) australiensis Kohls and Hoogstraal, 1962
- C. (Carios) daviesi Kaiser and Hoogstraal, 1973
- C. (Carios) dewae Kaiser and Hoogstraal, 1974
- C. (Carios) macrodermae Hoogstraal, Moorhouse, Wolf and Wassef, 1977
- C. (Carios) pusillus Kohls, 1950
- C. (Carios) quadridentatus Heath, 2012
- C. (Carios) sinensis Jeu and Zhu, 1982
- C. (Carios) vespertilionis (Latreille, 1796)
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References
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