Alveonasus

Alveonasus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Ixodida
Family: Argasidae
Subfamily: Argasinae
Genus: Alveonasus
Neumann, 1908
Type species
Alveonasus lahorensis
Neumann, 1908

Alveonasus is a genus of soft ticks belonging to the family Argasidae.[1]

Species

Alveonasus is one of six genera in the Argasid subfamily Argasinae. The genus currently contains 7 species.[1][2]

  • A. (Alveonasus) acinus Whittick, 1938
  • A. (Alveonasus) buettikeri Vial & Camicas, 2009
  • A. (Alveonasus) canestrinii Birula, 1895
  • A. (Alveonasus) delanoei Roubaud & Colas-Belcour, 1931
  • A. (Alveonasus) eboris Theiler, 1959
  • A. (Alveonasus) foleyi Parrot, 1928
  • A. (Alveonasus) lahorensis Neumann, 1908

References

  1. ^ a b Mans, Ben J.; Featherston, Jonathan; Kvas, Marija; Pillay, Kerry-Anne; de Klerk, Daniel G.; Pienaar, Ronel; de Castro, Minique H.; Schwan, Tom G.; Lopez, Job E.; Teel, Pete; Pérez de León, Adalberto A.; Sonenshine, Daniel E.; Egekwu, Noble I.; Bakkes, Deon K.; Heyne, Heloise (2019-01-01). "Argasid and ixodid systematics: Implications for soft tick evolution and systematics, with a new argasid species list". Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 10 (1): 219–240. doi:10.1016/j.ttbdis.2018.09.010. ISSN 1877-959X.
  2. ^ Mans, Ben J.; Kelava, Samuel; Pienaar, Ronel; Featherston, Jonathan; de Castro, Minique H.; Quetglas, Juan; Reeves, Will K.; Durden, Lance A.; Miller, Myrna M.; Laverty, Theresa M.; Shao, Renfu; Takano, Ai; Kawabata, Hiroki; Moustafa, Mohamed Abdallah Mohamed; Nakao, Ryo (2021-07-01). "Nuclear (18S-28S rRNA) and mitochondrial genome markers of Carios (Carios) vespertilionis (Argasidae) support Carios Latreille, 1796 as a lineage embedded in the Ornithodorinae: re-classification of the Carios sensu Klompen and Oliver (1993) clade into its respective subgenera". Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 12 (4) 101688. doi:10.1016/j.ttbdis.2021.101688. ISSN 1877-959X.