Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Argas transversa Banks, 1902; Syn.: Argas transversa Banks, 1902, Argas transversus Hoogstraal & Kohls, 1966, Microargas transversus Klompen, 1992 fide Roskov et al. (2013)

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

• Schatz, H. (1991) Catalogue of known species of Acari from the Galapagos Islands (Ecuador, Pacific Ocean). International Journal of Acarology 17(3): 213-225.
• Hoogstraal, H. Kohls, G.M. (1966) Argas (Microargas) transversus Banks (New Subgenus) (Ixodoidea, Argasidae), a diminutive Parasite of the Galapagos Giant Tortoise: Redescription of the Holotype Male and description of the Larva. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 59(2): 247-252.
• Roskov Y. Kunze T., Paglinawan L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Culham A., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Hernandez F., De Wever A., (eds.) (2013) Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2013 Annual Checklist Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2013/. Species 2000: Reading, UK
• Mans, B. J. Featherston, J., Kvas, M., Pillay, K. A., de Klerk, D. G., Pienaar, R., ... & Latif, A. A. (2019) Argasid and ixodid systematics: Implications for soft tick evolution and systematics, with a new argasid species lis Icks and tick-borne diseases, 10(1), 219-240.
• Mans, B. J. Chitimia-Dobler, L., Pienaar, R., de Castro, M., Khan, M., Almutairi, M. M., ... & Ali, A. (2024) Mitochondrial genome and nuclear ribosomal RNA analysis place Alveonasus lahorensis within the Argasinae and suggest that the genus Alveonasus is paraphyletic Parasitology, 1-10.