Argas sanchezi Dugès, 1887

AGUASCALIENTES: ND, chicken coops (Hoffmann & López-Campos 2000). BAJA CALIFORNIA: Santa Agueda (probably Misión Santa Agueda), wild turtle dove (Hunter & Hooker 1907); ND, wild turtle dove (Hoffmann & López-Campos 2000). BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR: ND, chicken coops (Hoffmann & López-Campos 2000). CIUDAD DE MÉXICO: ND, chicken coops (Hoffmann & López-Campos 2000). CHIHUAHUA: Ciudad Juárez, hens (Hoffmann 1962) (CNAC001938); ND, chicken coops (Hoffmann & López-Campos 2000). COAHUILA: ND, chicken coops (Hoffmann & López-Campos 2000). DURANGO: Lerdo, “from an old sack” (Kohls et al. 1970); ND, chicken coops (Hoffmann & López-Campos 2000). GUANAJUATO: ND, Zenaida macroura carolinensis (Dugès 1887) . HIDALGO: ND, chicken coops (Hoffmann & López-Campos 2000). NUEVO LEÓN: ND, chicken coops (Hoffmann & López-Campos 2000). PUEBLA: ND, chicken coops (Hoffmann & López-Campos 2000). QUERÉTARO: ND, chicken coops (Hoffmann & López-Campos 2000). SAN LUIS PO- TOSÍ: Tamazunchale, hens (Hoffmann, 1962) (CNAC001933); ND, chicken coops (Hoffmann & López-Campos 2000). SINALOA: ND, chicken coops (Hoffmann & López-Campos 2000). SONORA: La Dura, hens (Hoffmann 1962) (CNAC001939-40); Corral, hens (Hoffmann 1962; Carrillo et al. 1966) (CNAC001937, CNAC001941); La Calera (referred to as Cumuripa), hens (Hoffmann 1962) (CNAC001932, CNAC001935); ND, chicken coops (Hoffmann & López-Campos 2000). TAMAULIPAS: ND, chicken coops (Hoffmann & López-Campos 2000). TLAXCALA: ND, chicken coops (Hoffmann & López-Campos 2000). ZACATECAS: ND, chicken coops (Hoffmann & López-Campos 2000).

New record: SINALOA: 6F, 4M, 1N, Los Mochis, chicken coops, II-1942 (CNAC001934) .

Notes: Macias-Valadez (1923) referred to this species as Argas miniatus and believed that it probably occurred throughout Mexico. Hoffmann (1962) stated that Ar. sanchezi was described by Dugès in 1891; however, the original description was published in 1887. The records from CNAC—CNAC001932-33, CNAC001935, and CNAC001937-41—were originally misidentified as Ar. persicus and later re-identified as Ar. sanchezi .