Species Bothriocroton tachyglossi (Roberts, 1953)

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• Aponomma tachyglossi Roberts, F.H.S. 1953. The Australian species of Aponomma and Amblyomma (Ixodoidea). Australian Journal of Zoology 1: 111-161 pls 1-4.

Introduction

Klompen et al. (2002) relegated Aponomma into synonymy with Amblyomma but did not specifically refer to Aponomma tachyglossi Roberts, 1953. Andrews et al. (2006) pointed out that Aponomma tachyglossi should now be placed in the genus Bothriocroton, although they did not formally adopt that arrangement themselves.

Bothriocroton tachyglossi has sometimes been considered as a synonym of B. hydrosauri (by Camicas et al. (1998) for example). It is here considered to be a valid species following Andrews et al. (2006).

General References

Andrews, R.H., Beveridge, I., Bull., C.M., Chilton, N.B., Dixon, B. & Petney, T. 2006. Systematic status of Aponomma tachyglossi Roberts (Acari: Ixodidae) from echidnas, Tachyglossus aculeatus, from Queensland, Australia. Systematic and Applied Acarology 11: 23-39 (as Aponomma tachyglossi)

Barker, S.C., Walker, A.R. & Campelo, D. 2014. A list of the 70 species of Australian ticks; diagnostic guides to and species accounts of Ixodes holocyclus (paralysis tick), Ixodes cornuatus (southern paralysis tick) and Rhipicephalus australis (Australian cattle tick); and consideration of the place of Australia in the evolution of ticks with comments on four controversial ideas. International Journal for Parasitology 44: 941-953. (as Bothriocroton tachyglossi)

Beati, L., Keirans, J.E., Durden, L.A. & Opiang, M.D. 2008. Bothriocroton oudemansi (Neumann, 1910) n.comb. (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae), an ectoparasite of the western long-beaked echidna in Papua New Guinea: redescription of the male and first description of the female and nymph. Systematic Parasitology 69: 185-200 (as Aponomma tachyglossi)

Camicas, J.-L., Hervy, J.-P., Adam, F. & Morel, P.C. 1998. Les Tiques du Monde (Acarida, Ixodida). Paris : Orstom 233 pp. (as Aponomma (Aponomma) hydrosauri)

Klompen, H., Dobson, S.J. & Barker, S.C. 2002. A new subfamily, Bothriocrotoninae n. subfam., for the genus Bothriocroton Keirans, King & Sharrad, 1994 status amend. (Ixodida: Ixodidae), and the synonymy of Aponomma Neumann, 1899 with Amblyomma Koch, 1844. Systematic Parasitology 53: 101-107

Monroe, R. 1972. Chelicerate type-specimens in the Queensland Museum. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 16: 291-307 (as Aponomma tachyglossi)

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