Navis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ixodoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Amorphea
Cladus: Obazoa
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Cladus: Filozoa
Cladus: Choanozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Superphylum: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Subclassis: Acari
Superordo: Parasitiformes
Ordo: Ixodida
Superfamilia: Ixodoidea

Familia: Argasidae
Subfamilia: Argasinae
Genus: Navis
Species: N. aequalis – N. striatus

Note: May be Nomen nudum. Incorrect gender agreement for "striata" if feminine from latin. Also might be a junior objective homonym of Navis Shimanskii, 1968 (†)

Name

Navis Mans et al., 2019

Type species: Not explicitly defined in the original work contra ICZN Art. 13.3. Recombination for two different species are proposed.

Gender: Undefined, but with suffixes masculine (Should be feminine as etymology direct from latin navis).

Synonymy

  • Argas (Navis) Mans et al., 2019: 233 (plus elswhere). (Protonym) (nomen nudum ?!)
  • Navis Mans et al., 2024. (Listed as genus)

References

Primary references

  • Mans, B.J., Featherston, J., Kvas, M., Pillay, K-A., Klerk, D.G. de, Pienaar, R., Castro, M.H. de, Schwan, T.G., Lopez, J.E., Teel, P., Pérez de León, A.A., Sonenshine, D.E., Egekwu, N.I., Bakkes, D.K., Heyne, H., Kanduma, E.G., Nyangiwe, N., Bouattour, A. & Latif, A.A. 2019. Argasid and ixodid systematics: Implications for soft tick evolution and systematics, with a new argasid species list. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 10(1): 219–240. DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2018.09.010 PDF Reference page. 

Additional references

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