The soft ticks (Parasitiformes: Ixodida: Argasidae) of Mexico: species, hosts, and geographical distribution Author Guzmán-Cornejo, Carmen Author Herrera-Mares, Angel Author Robbins, Richard G. Author Rebollo-Hernández, Andrea text Zootaxa 2019 2019-06-26 4623 3 485 525 journal article 26375 10.11646/zootaxa.4623.3.3 0181eba5-b670-4a4b-a446-6c0134b8535a 1175-5326 3258613 46B4D4BA-B826-4744-B5E7-865CB9ED8F27 Argas miniatus Koch, 1844 SINALOA : ND, hens ( Hoffmann & López-Campos 2000 ). Note: The presence of this species in Mexico remains doubtful and is based on a single literature record ( Hoffmann & López-Campos 2000 ) with limited collection data. According to Muñoz-Leal et al . (2018) , A. miniatus is a Neotropical species, which suggests that it may be present in Mexico , because most of the state of Sinaloa lies within the Neotropical Zoogeographic Region ( Morrone 2014 ). Nonetheless, the issue of whether A. miniatus occurs in Mexico will not be resolved without additional collections and the examination and deposition of specimens in scientific collections.