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Species Bothriocroton hydrosauri (Denny, 1843)

Introduction

Barker & Walker (2014) reviewed the biology and morphology of this species in detail.

 

General References

Andrews, R.H. 1982. Mating behaviour and reproductive isolation of three species of reptile tick. Animal Behaviour 30: 514-524 (as Aponomma hydrosauri)

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 hydrosauri)

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 hydrosauri)

Barker, S.C. & Walker, A.R. 2014. Ticks of Australia. The species that infest domestic animals and humans. Zootaxa 3816: 1-144. (as Bothriocroton hydrosauri)

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 hydrosauri)

Bull, C.M. 1985. Geographical variation in the morphology of Aponomma hydrosauri (Denny) (Acari : Ixodidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 24: 1-8 (as Aponomma hydrosauri)

Bull, C.M., Sharrad, R.D. & Petney, T.N. 1981. Parapatric boundaries between Australian reptile ticks. Proceedings of the Ecological Society of Australia 11: 95-107 (as Aponomma hydrosauri)

Bull, C.M. & Andrews, R.H. 1984. Two different mating signals used by female reptile ticks. pp. 427-430 in Griffiths, D.A. & Bowman, C.E. (eds). Acarology VI. Chichester : Ellis Horwood Vol. 1. (as Aponomma hydrosauri)

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)

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

Chilton, N.B. & Andrews, R.H. 1988. Mating behaviour and parapatry in two species of Australian reptile tick. Oecologia (Berlin) 75: 146-152 (as Aponomma hydrosauri)

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

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

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

Lee, D.C. & Southcott, R.V. 1979. Spiders and other Arachnids of South Australia. In South Australian Yearbook, 1979. South Australian Government Printer : Adelaide. 15 pp. (as Aponomma hydrosauri)

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 hydrosauri)

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

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

Petney, T.N. & Andrews, R.H. 1982. The influence of similar aggregation pheromones on the microhabitat choice of two parapatric species of reptile tick (Acari : Ixodidae). Oecologia (Berlin) 55: 364-368 (as Aponomma hydrosauri)

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

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 trachysauri)

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 hydrosauri)

Roberts, F.H.S. 1964. The tick fauna of Tasmania. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston 17: 1-8 (as Aponomma hydrosauri)

Roberts, F.H.S. 1969. The larvae of Australian Ixodidae (Acarina : Ixodoidea). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 8: 37-78 (as Aponomma hydrosauri)

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

Seddon, H.R. 1952. Diseases of Domestic Animals in Australia. Part 3. Tick and Mite Infestations. Commonwealth of Australia Department of Health, Service Publication (Division of Veterinary Hygeine) 7. 200 pp. (as Aponomma trachysauri)

Taylor, F.H. 1946. Spiders, ticks and mites, including the species harmful to man in Australia and New Guinea. Section 1. Descriptive. Commonwealth of Australia Department of Health, Service Publications (School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, University of Sydney) 6: 1-234 (as Aponomma trachysauri)

 

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)