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Adobe tick

Argas sanchezi Dugès, 1887

Status not recordedarachnids

The adobe tick (Argas sanchezi) is a species in the family Argasidae, order Ixodida. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Mexico.

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Quick facts about the adobe tick

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the adobe tick live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The adobe tick is listed for 1 country.

Mexico
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Mexico

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the adobe tick endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the adobe tick classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classArachnida
  4. orderIxodida
  5. familyArgasidae
  6. genusArgas
  7. SpeciesArgas sanchezi Dugès, 1887

Synonyms Argas sanchezi

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • Sanchez´ western bird argasEnglish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the adobe tick

Other species in the same genus Argas.

Fowl tick

Argas persicus

ArgasidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the adobe tick live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the adobe tick for 1 country: Mexico. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the adobe tick?

The adobe tick (Argas sanchezi) belongs to the family Argasidae in the order Ixodida.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Adobe tick (Argas sanchezi). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/adobe-tick

MLA

“Adobe tick (Argas sanchezi).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/adobe-tick.

BibTeX
@misc{adobe_tick_2026,
  title = {Adobe tick (Argas sanchezi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/adobe-tick},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}