Argas miniatus

Basu, A. K., Basu, M. & Adesiyun, A. A., 2012, A Review On Ticks (Acari: Ixodoidea: Ixodidae, Argasidae), Associated Pathogens And Diseases Of Trinidad And Tobago, Acarologia 52 (1), pp. 39-50 : 40

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1051/acarologia/20122034
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4694670
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A4A511-5C1B-F109-FBAF-FBC8FB17F929
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Argas miniatus
status

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Argas miniatus View in CoL

Argas (Persicargas) miniatus View in CoL was detected from chickens in Gasparee Island, Trinidad ( Kohls et al. 1970). This is a common parasite of chickens in Neotropical countries which might have sometimes been misidentified as A. persicus View in CoL . Many reports of A. persicus View in CoL , a Palearctic species found on poultry in the Neotropics, may actually represent misidentifications of A. miniatus View in CoL or another related species ( Kohls et al. 1970).

Argas miniatus View in CoL is known to transmit Borrelia anserina (Borreliosis) ( Jongejan and Uilenberg 2004) .

Distribution: Brazil, Guyana, Colombia, Panama, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Cuba (Guglielmone et al. 2003), Mexico (Hoffman and Lopez Campo 2000), USA, Peru ( Cruz 2001).