Secretargas

Secretargas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Ixodida
Family: Argasidae
Subfamily: Argasinae
Genus: Secretargas
Hoogstraal, 1957
Type species
Secretargas transgariepinus
(White, 1846)

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

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

  • S. echinops (Hoogstraal, Uilenberg & Blanc, 1967)
  • S. hoogstraali (Morel & Vassiliades, 1965)
  • S. transgariepinus (White, 1846)