Subspecies Amblyomma triguttatum triguttatum Koch, 1844

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• Amblyomma triguttatum Koch, C.L. 1844. Systematische Übersicht über die Ordnung der Zecken. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 10: 217-239.

Introduction

Amblyomma triguttatum was divided into four subspecies by Roberts (1962). At that time the nominotypical subspecies A. triguttatum triguttatum was not known from South Australia. Since then, A. triguttatum triguttatum has been reported from Yorke Peninsula (McDiarmid et al. 2000; Waudby et al. 2007) and the mid-north of South Australia (Petney et al. 2008).

General References

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 Amblyomma (Cernyomma) triguttatum triguttatum )

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

McDiarmid, L., Petney, T., Dixon, B. & Andrews, R. 2000. Range expansion of the tick Amblyomma triguttatum triguttatum, an Australian vector of Q fever. International Journal for Parasitology 30: 791-793 (as Amblyomma triguttatum triguttatum)

Petney, T.N., Dixon, B.R. & Andrews, R.H. 2008. A new host and disquieting distribution record for Amblyomma triguttatum triguttatum. Systematic and Applied Acarology 13: 182-183 (as Amblyomma trigutatum trigutatum)

Roberts, F.H.S. 1962. On the status of morphologically divergent tick populations of Amblyomma triguttatum Koch. Australian Journal of Zoology 10: 367-381

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

Waudby, H.P., Petit, S., Dixon, B. & Andrews, R.H. 2007. Hosts of the exotic ornate kangaroo tick, Amblyomma triguttatum triguttatum Koch, on southern Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. Parasitology Research 101: 1323-1330 (as Amblyomma triguttatum triguttatum)

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