A new subgenus, Australixodes n. subgen. (Acari: Ixodidae), for the kiwi tick, Ixodes anatis Chilton, 1904, and validation of the subgenus Coxixodes Schulze, 1941 with a phylogeny of 16 of the 22 subgenera of Ixodes Latreille, 1795 from entire mitochondrial genome sequences

Stephen C Barker; Samuael Kelava; Allen C G Heath; Owen D Seeman; Dmitry A Apanaskevich; Ben J Mans; Renfu Shao; Alexander W Gofton; Ernest J M Teo; Andrew F Byrne; Takuya Ito; Craig J Tan; Dayana Barker; Ryo Nakao

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5325.4.4

A new subgenus, Australixodes n. subgen. (Acari: Ixodidae), for the kiwi tick, Ixodes anatis Chilton, 1904, and validation of the subgenus Coxixodes Schulze, 1941 with a phylogeny of 16 of the 22 subgenera of Ixodes Latreille, 1795 from entire mitochondrial genome sequences

Zootaxa. 2023 Aug 10;5325(4):529-540. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5325.4.4.

Authors

Stephen C Barker¹, Samuael Kelava², Allen C G Heath³, Owen D Seeman⁴, Dmitry A Apanaskevich⁵, Ben J Mans⁶, Renfu Shao⁷, Alexander W Gofton⁸, Ernest J M Teo⁹, Andrew F Byrne¹⁰, Takuya Ito¹¹, Craig J Tan¹², Dayana Barker¹³, Ryo Nakao¹⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Parasitology; School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences; The University of Queensland; Brisbane; Qld; 4072; Australia. [email protected].
² Department of Parasitology; School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences; The University of Queensland; Brisbane; Qld; 4072; Australia. [email protected].
³ AgResearch Ltd.; c/o Hopkirk Research Institute; Private Bag 11008; Palmerston North; 4442; New Zealand. [email protected].
⁴ Queensland Museum; PO Box 3300; South Brisbane; 4101; Qld; Australia. [email protected].
⁵ US National Tick Collection; Institute for Coastal Sciences; Georgia Southern University; Statesboro; GA; 30460; USA; Department of Biology; Georgia Southern University; Statesboro; GA; 30460; USA. [email protected].
⁶ Epidemiology; Parasites and Vectors; Agricultural Research Council; Onderstepoort Veterinary Research; Onderstepoort 0110; South Africa; The Department of Life and Consumer Sciences; University of South Africa; Florida 1709; South Africa.. [email protected].
⁷ Centre for Bioinnovation; School of Science; Technology and Engineering; University of the Sunshine Coast; Maroochydore; Qld 4556; Australia. [email protected].
⁸ CSIRO; Health and Biosecurity; Canberra; ACT; Australia. [email protected].
⁹ Department of Parasitology; School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences; The University of Queensland; Brisbane; Qld; 4072; Australia. [email protected].
¹⁰ East Coast Veterinary Clinic; 67 Quail Street; St Helens; 7216; Tas; Australia.. [email protected].
¹¹ Department of Infectious Diseases; Hokkaido Institute of Public Health; Sapporo; Hokkaido 0600819; Japan.. [email protected].
¹² School of Agriculture and Food Sciences; The University of Queensland; Gatton; Qld; 4343; Australia.. [email protected].
¹³ Department of Parasitology; School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences; The University of Queensland; Brisbane; Qld; 4072; Australia. [email protected].
¹⁴ Department of Infectious Diseases; Hokkaido Institute of Public Health; Sapporo; Hokkaido 0600819; Japan. [email protected].

PMID: 38220895
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5325.4.4

Abstract

A new subgenus, Australixodes n. subgen., is described for the kiwi tick, Ixodes anatis Chilton, 1904. The subgenus Coxixodes Schulze, 1941 is validated for the platypus tick, Ixodes (Coxixodes) ornithorhynchi Lucas, 1846, sister group of the subgenus Endopalpiger Schulze, 1935. A phylogeny from mitochondrial genomes of 16 of the 22 subgenera of Ixodes (32 spp.) indicates, for the first time, the relationships of the subgenera of Ixodes Latreille, 1795, the largest genus of ticks.

MeSH terms

Animals
Genome, Mitochondrial*
Ixodes* / genetics
Ixodidae* / genetics
Phylogeny