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Taxon: Family Argasidae Koch, 1844 - soft ticks (tick)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  C.L. Koch, 1844
Original name & rank:  Koch, C.L. 1844. Arch. Naturgesch. 10 (1): 219 ("Familie", "Argasiden"). [nom. vernac.]. ≡
Subsequent spelling (diff. rank):  Murray, A. [1877]. Econ. Entomol.: 180. [subfamily]. ≡
Subsequent spelling:  Canestrini, G. 1891a. Atti R. Ist. Veneto (7) 2: 720/24 ("Famiglia"). ≡
Subsequent publication:  Canestrini, G. 1891b. Venezia: 720/24 ("Famiglia").
Subsequent publication:  Canestrini, G. 1892. Prospetto dell'Acarofauna Italiana. Padova: 582 ("Famiglia"). ≡
Source for the authorship:  Dunlop, J.A., Penney, D. & Jekel, D. (comps.) 2023. Summ. List Foss. Spiders (23.5): 68 ("Murray, 1877").
Source for the authorship:  Beaulieu, F., Dowling, A.P.G., Klompen, H., de Moraes, G.J. & Walter, D.E. 2011. In Z.-Q. Zhang (ed.), Animal biodiversity. Zootaxa 3148: 123 ("Koch, 1844").

Types

Nominotypical taxon of: Argasoidea (Superfamily) Koch, 1844
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]: Argasinae (Subfamily) Koch, 1844 Ref: H. Klompen (comp.), 2003-present: 10 Jun 2010. [implicit]

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: zachte teken

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: soft ticks
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