(1985) classification scheme, even though it does not reflect evolutionary relationships and
results in paraphyly for the main genera of soft ticks (Argasidae), namely Argas and
Ornithodoros. The alternative classification scheme, proposed by Klompen and Oliver
(1993), has problems of its own: most notably paraphyly of the subgenus Pavlovskyella and
the controversial grouping together of the subgenera Alectorobius, Antricola, Carios …