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Amblyomma sphenodonti
- 1. AgResearch, National Centre for Biosecurity and Infectious Disease, Wallaceville, P. O. Box 40063, Upper Hutt, New Zealand, 5140
- 2. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand
- 3. Mosquito Consulting Services (NZ), P. O. Box 69 - 198, Lincoln 7640, New Zealand
- 4. Biosecurity Group, AgResearch, Private Bag 4749, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand
Description
Amblyomma sphenodonti (Dumbleton, 1943)
Host(s)
Reptiles: Sphenodon punctatus, Hoplodactylus duvaucelii.
Distribution
World: New Zealand.
New Zealand: Known only from eight off-shore islands.
References: Dumbleton (1943, 1953, 1963); Heath (1977, 2006b); Miller et al. (2007); Godfrey et al. (2008); Gordon (2010); Cane (2011, last updated 2009).
Notes
Published as part of Heath, Allen C. G., Palma, Ricardo L., Cane, Rachel P. & Hardwick, Scott, 2011, Checklist of New Zealand ticks (Acari: Ixodidae, Argasidae), pp. 55-63 in Zootaxa 2995 on page 58, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.203775
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- Is part of
- Journal article: 10.5281/zenodo.203775 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/D155FFB3FFFC2374FFB7FFDDFFC5FFA7 (URL)
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- https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/2D6C87CBFFFF2377FF20FEB3FD43FD25 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Ixodidae
- Genus
- Amblyomma
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Ixodida
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Dumbleton
- Species
- sphenodonti
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Amblyomma sphenodonti (Dumbleton, 1943) sec. Heath, Palma, Cane & Hardwick, 2011
References
- Dumbleton, L. J. (1943) A new tick from the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus). New Zealand Journal of Science and Technology, 24 (4 B), 185 - 190.
- Dumbleton, L. J. (1953) The ticks (Ixodoidea) of the New Zealand sub-region. New Zealand Cape Expedition Series Bulletin, 14, 1 - 28.
- Dumbleton, L. J. (1963) A synopsis of the ticks (Acarina: Ixodoidea) of New Zealand. Tuatara, 11, 72 - 78.
- Heath, A. C. G. (1977) Zoogeography of the New Zealand tick fauna. Tuatara, 23, 26 - 38.
- Heath, A. C. G. (2006 b) A reptile tick, Amblyomma sphenodonti Dumbleton (Acari: Ixodidae), parasitic on the tuatara, Sphenodon punctatus Gray (Reptilia: Rhyncocephalia), in New Zealand: observations on its life history and biology. Systematic & Applied Acarology, 11, 3 - 12.
- Miller, H. C., Conrad, A. M., Barker, S. C. & Daugherty, C. H. (2007) Distribution and phylogenetic analyses of an endangered tick, Amblyomma sphenodonti. New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 34, 97 - 105.
- Godfrey, S. S., Bull, C. M. & Nelson, N. J. (2008) Seasonal and spatial dynamics of ectoparasite infestation of a threatened reptile, the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus). Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 22, 374 - 385.
- Gordon, D. P. (ed.) (2010) New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Vo l u m e Tw o. Kingdom Animalia - Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. 528 pp.
- Cane, R. P. (2011) Tick profiles. New Zealand Biosecure Entomology Laboratory http: // www. smsl. co. nz / Services / New + Zealand + BioSecure / Ticks. html (accessed February 2011).