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Issue: Vol. 5569 No. 3: 15 Jan. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-01-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5569.3.4
Page range: 477-492
Abstract views: 53
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Margaropus Karsch, 1879 is not closely related to Boophilus Curtice, 1891 (Acari: Ixodidae)

Department of Parasitology; School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences; The University of Queensland; Brisbane; Qld; 4072; Australia
Department of Parasitology; School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences; The University of Queensland; Brisbane; Qld; 4072; Australia; Laboratory of Parasitology; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine; Hokkaido University; Hokkaido 060–0818; Japan
Department of Parasitology; School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences; The University of Queensland; Brisbane; Qld; 4072; Australia; School of Rural Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine and Health; University of New England; Armidale; NSW 2351; Australia
Department of Parasitology; School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences; The University of Queensland; Brisbane; Qld; 4072; Australia
Department of Parasitology; School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences; The University of Queensland; Brisbane; Qld; 4072; Australia; Laboratory of Parasitology; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine; Hokkaido University; Hokkaido 060–0818; Japan
Laboratory of Parasitology; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine; Hokkaido University; Hokkaido 060–0818; Japan; Division of Parasitology; Veterinary Research Unit; International Institute for Zoonosis Control; Hokkaido University; Hokkaido 001–0200; Japan
US National Tick Collection; Institute for Coastal Plain Sciences; Georgia Southern University; Statesboro; GA; 30460; USA; Department of Biology; Georgia Southern University; Statesboro; GA; 30460; USA
Acari taxonomy phylogeny

Abstract

Margaropus Karsch, 1879 and Boophilus Curtice, 1891 have been thought to be sister-taxa for over 75 years since these ticks share features like circular spiracles, no festoons, no distinct grooves behind the anus and one-host life cycles. We inferred the first phylogeny with Margaropus from 4,218 bp of mitochondrial (cox 1, 12S) and nuclear DNA (ITS2, 18S rRNA). Margaropus is not the sister-group to Boophilus or even closely related to Boophilus, but rather Margaropus is either the sister-group to, or embedded in, the genus Rhipicephalus.

 

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