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Species Bothriocroton undatum (Fabricius, 1775)

Introduction

This species has sometimes been referred to as Aponomma decorosum (Koch). Camicas et al. (1998) listed it as Aponomma (Aponomma) decorosum, but Klompen et al. (2002) showed that A. decorosum is a junior synonym of Bothriocroton undatum.

 

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 undatum)

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 undatum)

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 Bothriocroton undatum)

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) decorosum)

Carne, P.B. (ed.) 1987. Scientific and Common Names of Insects and Allied Forms Occurring in Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO 120 pp. (as Aponomma undatum)

Eberhard, S.M., Smith, G.B., Gibian, M.M., Smith, H.M. & Gray, M.R. 2014. Invertebrate cave fauna of Jenolan. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 136: 35-67. (as Bothriocroton undatum)

Ferguson, E.W. 1925. Australian ticks. The Australian Zoologist 4: 24-35 (as Aponomma decorosum)

Fielding, J.W. 1926. Australasian ticks. Commonwealth of Australia Department of Health, Service Publication (Tropical Division) 9: 1-114 (as Aponomma decorosum)

Kaufman, T.S. 1972. A Revision of the Genus Aponomma Neumann, 1899 (Acarina; Ixodidae). Ph. D. Thesis, University of Maryland. 390 pp. (as Aponomma decorosum)

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 (as Bothriocroton undatum)

Naumann, I. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Australian Insect Names. Common and Scientific Names for Insects and Allied Organisms of Economic and Environmental Importance. Melbourne : CSIRO Publications v 200 pp. [Date published 31/12/1993] (as Aponomma undatum)

Neumann, G. 1899. Revision de la famille des Ixodidés. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France 12: 107-294 (as Aponomma decorosum; as Acarus undatus)

Neumann, G. 1901. Revision de la famille des Ixodidés. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France 14: 249-372 (as Aponomma decorosum)

Neumann, L.G. 1911. Ixodidae. Das Tierreich 26: 1-169 (Reprinted 1966 by Verlag von J. Cramer, Weinheim) (as Acarus undatus; as Aponomma decorosum)

Rainbow, W.J. 1906. A synopsis of Australian Acarina. Records of the Australian Museum 6: 145-193 (as Aponomma decorosum)

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

Roberts, F.H.S. 1964. Further observations on the Australian species of Aponomma and Amblyomma with descriptions of the nymphs of Amblyomma moreliae (L. Koch) and Amb. loculosum Neumann (Acarina : Ixodidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 12: 288-313 (as Aponomma undatum)

Roberts, F.H.S. 1970. Australian Ticks. Melbourne : CSIRO 267 pp. (as Aponomma undatum)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
01-May-2017 Acari 14-Feb-2017 MODIFIED Dr Bruce Halliday
26-Apr-2016 IXODIDAE Dugès, 1834 12-Nov-2014 ADDED Lyn Randall
07-May-2013 07-May-2013 MODIFIED
07-May-2013 16-Feb-2012 MODIFIED
07-May-2013 13-May-2010 ADDED
07-May-2013 13-May-2010 ADDED
12-Feb-2010 (import)