Rediscovery of Ixodes confusus in Australia with the first description of the male from Australia, a redescription of the female, the mitochondrial (mt) genomes of five species of Ixodes

Dayana Barker; Samuel Kelava; Owen D Seeman; Renfu Shao; James R Seaniger; Malcolm K Jones; Maria A Apanaskevich; Ryo Nakao; Dmitry A Apanaskevich; Stephen C Barker

doi:10.1016/j.ijppaw.2022.03.006

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Rediscovery of Ixodes confusus in Australia with the first description of the male from Australia, a redescription of the female, the mitochondrial (mt) genomes of five species of Ixodes

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Rediscovery of Ixodes confusus in Australia with the first description of the male from Australia, a redescription of the female, the mitochondrial (mt) genomes of five species of Ixodes

Dayana Barker, Samuel Kelava, Owen D Seeman, Renfu Shao, James R Seaniger, Malcolm K Jones, Maria A Apanaskevich, Ryo Nakao, Dmitry A Apanaskevich and Stephen C Barker

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, Vol.18, pp.1-11

2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2022.03.006

PMCID: PMC8971345

PMID: 35371916

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Ixodida

Subgenus relationships

Systematics

Tick

Wet-tropics

We: (i) report the rediscovery of Ixodes (Sternalixodes) confusus Roberts, 1960 in Australia; (ii) redescribe the male and female of I. confusus; (iii) describe the mitochondrial (mt) genome of I. confusus from five ticks from four localities in Far North Queensland; and (iv) present the first substantial phylogeny of the subgenera of the Ixodes. The mt genomes of I. confusus, I. cornuatus, I. hirsti, I. myrmecobii and I. trichosuri are presented here for the first time. In our phylogeny from entire mt genomes (ca. 15 kb), the subgenus Endopalpiger was the sister-group to subgenera Sternalixodes plus Ceratixodes plus Exopalpiger whereas Exopalpiger was the sister to Sternalixodes plus Ceratixodes. [i.e. ((Endopalpiger) (Sternalixodes, Ceratixodes and Exopalpiger))]. Finally, we show that Ixodes anatis, the kiwi tick, may be closely related to the ticks of marsupials of Australia and Papua New Guinea.

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Title: Rediscovery of Ixodes confusus in Australia with the first description of the male from Australia, a redescription of the female, the mitochondrial (mt) genomes of five species of Ixodes
Authors: Dayana Barker (Author) - The University of Queensland
Samuel Kelava (Author) - The University of Queensland
Owen D Seeman (Author) - Queensland Museum
Renfu Shao (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Science and Engineering - Legacy
James R Seaniger (Author) - The University of Queensland
Malcolm K Jones (Author) - The University of Queensland
Maria A Apanaskevich (Author) - Statesboro, GA, 30460, USA
Ryo Nakao (Author) - Hokkaido University
Dmitry A Apanaskevich (Author) - US National Tick Collection, Institute for Coastal Sciences, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, 30460, USA
Stephen C Barker (Author) - The University of Queensland
Publication details: International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, Vol.18, pp.1-11
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
Date published: 2022
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2022.03.006
ISSN: 2213-2244
PMID: 35371916; PMC8971345
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Science, Technology and Engineering; Centre for Bioinnovation
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99627640402621
Output Type: Journal article

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