A Review On Ticks (Acari: Ixodoidea: Ixodidae, Argasidae), Associated Pathogens And Diseases Of Trinidad And Tobago Author Basu, A. K. Author Basu, M. Author Adesiyun, A. A. text Acarologia 2012 2012-03-30 52 1 39 50 http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/acarologia/20122034 journal article 7340 10.1051/acarologia/20122034 af1c13af-ed12-4d49-ba0d-eb5e1886de63 2107-7207 4667077 Argas miniatus Argas (Persicargas) miniatus was detected from chickens in Gasparee Island, Trinidad ( Kohls et al. 1970 ). This is a common parasite of chickens in Neotropical countries which might have sometimes been misidentified as A. persicus . Many reports of A. persicus , a Palearctic species found on poultry in the Neotropics, may actually represent misidentifications of A. miniatus or another related species ( Kohls et al. 1970 ). Argas miniatus is known to transmit Borrelia anserina (Borreliosis) ( Jongejan and Uilenberg 2004 ) . Distribution: Brazil , Guyana , Colombia , Panama , Venezuela , Puerto Rico , Cuba (Guglielmone et al. 2003), Mexico (Hoffman and Lopez Campo 2000), USA , Peru ( Cruz 2001 ).