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Only limited information is available on this species. Other than some records used in its original description, only a few data on its distribution are available. It is an argasid which has some peculiar morphological features, as described by Hoogstraal (1957). The larva has peritremes, a kind of elongated structure on the lateral and ventral sides of the idiosome, which are related to air exchange. These are most similar to those found in predatory and free-living mesostigmatid mites. This unusual feature, plus others found in the adult stage, provided enough background to create the subgenus Secretargas.
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Petney, T.N., Pfäffle, M.P., Estrada-Peña, A. (2017). Argas transgariepinus White, 1846 (Figs. 10 and 11). In: Estrada-Peña, A., Mihalca, A., Petney, T. (eds) Ticks of Europe and North Africa. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63760-0_9
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