Proknekalia

Proknekalia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Ixodida
Family: Argasidae
Subfamily: Argasinae
Genus: Proknekalia
Keirans et al., 1977
Type species
Proknekalia peringueyi
(Bedford and Hewitt, 1925)

Proknekalia is a genus of soft ticks in the family Argasidae.

Proknekalia is one of six genera in the Argasid subfamily Argasinae. The genus currently contains three species:

  • P. peringueyi (Bedford & Hewitt, 1925)
  • P. peusi (Schulze, 1943)
  • P. vansomereni (Keirans, Hoogstraal & Clifford, 1977)