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Subgenus: | Parantricola Černý, 1966
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Species: | A. marginatus
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Antricola marginatus (Banks, 1910)
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Antricola marginatus is a species of tick in the family Argasidae. Like Nothoaspis, another genus in the same family, Antricola[1] species infest cave-dwelling bats; A. marginatus is found on Cuba and Puerto Rico.[2] Unusually for a tick, A. marginatus shows maternal care of its offspring.[3]
These ticks are considered soft ticks, because of their subterminal capitulum (head) found in nymphs (juvenile ticks with a full complement of legs) and adult ticks. The capitulum of these ticks can not be seen in dorsal view because it lies within a groove or depression called a camerostome. The dorsal wall of the camerostome extends over the capitulum and is called the hood.
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