Argas theilerae

Argas theilerae (also known as Theiler's African white-backed vulture argasid) is a species of tick in the family Argasidae.

The specific epithet honours South African parasitologist Dr. Gertrud Theiler.

It is a parasite of the African white-backed vulture.

[1] The species was first circumscribed by Hoogstraal & Kaiser in 1970.

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