Subparmatus

Subparmatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Ixodida
Family: Argasidae
Subfamily: Ornithodorinae
Genus: Subparmatus
Clifford et al., 1964
Type species
Subparmatus viguerasi
(Cooley and Kohls, 1941)

Subparmatus is a genus of soft ticks in the family Argasidae. Subparmatus species are known from bats in the Neotropical realm.

Subparmatus is one of nine genera in the Argasid subfamily Ornithodorinae. The genus currently contains three species:

  • S. marinkellei Kohls, Clifford and Jones, 1969
  • S. mormoops Kohls, Clifford and Jones, 1969
  • S. viguerasi Cooley and Kohls, 1941