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Argas Persicus

Arachnids

Argas persicus, commonly known as the fowl tick or poultry tick, is a small soft-bodied tick. It is yellowish brown when unfed and slate blue when engorged, and it lives on its animal hosts as well as in building crevices and nests. It mainly parasitizes domestic fowl such as chickens, ducks, and geese, and it transmits the spirochete bacterium Borrelia anserina, which causes avian spirochetosis, one of the most severe diseases affecting the poultry industry; it will also feed on humans, though some people develop immunity to it. It has a worldwide distribution but favors warmer climates, and is particularly common in the southern United States. The species was first described by Lorenz Oken in 1818 from specimens found in Mianeh, Persia, in what is now Iran, originally under the name Rhynochoprion persicum.

Facts
Comparison
NatureServe Rank
GNR Unranked 2
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 3
Classification
Diet
Parasitic 1
Relationship to People
Disease Vector 1
Scientific Name
Argas persicus 1
Conservation Status
Not Evaluated 4
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Parasitiformes, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Argas Persicus
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Africa

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Australia

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Cyprus

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North America

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South Asia

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Sources
1. Wikipedia: Argas persicus
Wikipedia
  • Wikidata Q4789215 (P225 taxon name)
  • Lead section (habitat sentence)
    They are found on an animal host, in cracks and crevices of buildings or in nests. They are also carriers of the spirochete bacteria Borrelia anserina which causes avian spirochetosis, one of the most severe diseases affecting the poultry industry.
  • Lead section
    They are also carriers of the spirochete bacteria Borrelia anserina which causes avian spirochetosis, one of the most severe diseases affecting the poultry industry.
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2. NatureServe Explorer: Argas persicus
NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)
Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)
"roundedGRank": "GNR"
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3. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Arachnida
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 27
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 27
"cites_listing":"II/III/NC","eu_listing":"B/C/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Arthropoda","class":"Arachnida","order":null,"family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Scorpions And Spiders","language":"EN"},{"name":"Araignées","language":"FR"},{"name":"Arañas","language":"ES"},{"name":"蛛形纲","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
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4. GBIF (IUCN Red List category): GBIF IUCN Red List category for Argas persicus
GBIF (IUCN Red List category)GBIF taxon key 2184918, category field
Quote, GBIF taxon key 2184918, category field
"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"
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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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Wikidata: Argas Persicus
Child Taxon Of: Parasitiformes, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
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