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<emphasis id="B934EACAFFBE694950F4F99EB70E2B7D" bold="true" box="[151,332,1598,1624]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="547">Archaeocroton</emphasis>
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species
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:
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<emphasis id="B934EACAFFBE69495159F925B4142BBB" box="[314,598,1669,1694]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="547">Amblyomma sphenodonti</emphasis>
(
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(the tuatara tick)
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<emphasis id="B934EACAFFBE694950F4F96DB72E2BC3" bold="true" box="[151,364,1741,1766]" pageId="4" pageNumber="547">Type depositories</emphasis>
: The record of
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Guglielmone
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2014
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(p. 498) about the types is apparently correct: CI (
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),
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(
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under
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<emphasis id="B934EACAFFBE6949528DF952B5D22A2E" box="[750,912,1778,1803]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="547">A. fimbriatum</emphasis>
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) as
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<emphasis id="B934EACAFFBE694953ACF952B2A42A2E" box="[975,1254,1778,1803]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="547">Aponomma sphenodonti</emphasis>
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. CI, Cawthorn Institute,
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,
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;
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, Collection of E.S. Gourlay.
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<emphasis id="B934EACAFFBE694950A4F89AB7032A76" bold="true" box="[199,321,1850,1875]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="547" reason="1">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
With characteristics of its sole constituent species,
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<emphasis id="B934EACAFFBE694953BAF89AB35B2A76" box="[985,1305,1850,1875]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="547">Archaeocroton sphenodonti</emphasis>
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(
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).
<bibRefCitation id="EFD14B29FFBE694951E1F8FDB4172A53" author="Dumbleton, L. J." box="[386,597,1885,1910]" pageId="4" pageNumber="547" pagination="185" refId="ref4692" refString="Dumbleton, L. J. (1943) A new tick from the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus). New Zealand Journal of Science &amp; Technology, 24, 185 B - 190 B." type="journal article" year="1943">Dumbleton (1943)</bibRefCitation>
has detailed diagnoses of the larvae, nymphs, males and females; these diagnoses will not be repeated here.
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is the only reptile-tick that is known to be native to
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; this information together with the detailed diagnoses of
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make
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<emphasis id="B934EACAFFBE69495414F806B3682A9B" box="[1143,1322,1957,1982]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="547">Ar. sphenodonti</emphasis>
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readily distinguishable from all other ticks.
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<emphasis id="B934EACAFFBF694850F4F867B74E2AF9" bold="true" box="[151,268,1991,2013]" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">FIGURE 4</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="B934EACAFFBF6948517AF867B4732AF8" box="[281,561,1991,2013]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="548">Archaeocroton sphenodonti</emphasis>
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, horizontal scale bar 1.0 mm; vertical scale bar 2.1 mm.
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The name of this new genus points to the seemingly archaic (plesiomorphic) nature of the lineage of ticks represented by the tuatara tick (
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Burger
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2012
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,
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).
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<emphasis id="B934EACAFFBC694B53E1FF1CB26A2DF0" box="[898,1064,188,213]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">Archaeocroton</emphasis>
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means old (
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, Greek) tick (
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, Greek). The name
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<emphasis id="B934EACAFFBC694B51A4FF7FB42F2DDD" box="[455,621,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">Archaeocroton</emphasis>
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is neuter; this should be taken into consideration should other species be added to the genus
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<emphasis id="B934EACAFFBC694B510CFEA4B4572C38" box="[367,533,260,285]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">Archaeocroton</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B934EACAFFBC694B50A4FE87B7E22C65" bold="true" box="[199,416,295,320]" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">New combination.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B934EACAFFBC694B51C5FE87B49F2C65" box="[422,733,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">Archaeocroton sphenodonti</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
for
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<emphasis id="B934EACAFFBC694B5389FE87B3442C65" box="[1002,1286,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">Amblyomma sphenodonti</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFD14B29FFBC694B5576FE87B6922C40" author="Dumbleton, L. J." pageId="6" pageNumber="549" pagination="185" refId="ref4692" refString="Dumbleton, L. J. (1943) A new tick from the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus). New Zealand Journal of Science &amp; Technology, 24, 185 B - 190 B." type="journal article" year="1943">Dumbleton, 1943</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="B934EACAFFBC694B50A4FECFB7792CAD" bold="true" box="[199,315,367,392]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" reason="1">Remarks.</emphasis>
The vernacular name the &quot;tuatara tick&quot; was apparently first used in the refereed scientific literature by
<bibRefCitation id="EFD14B29FFBC694B50DAFE34B7E72C88" author="Godfrey, S. S. &amp; Bull, C. M. &amp; Nelson, N. J." box="[185,421,404,429]" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" pagination="374 - 385" refId="ref4803" refString="Godfrey, S. S., Bull, C. M. &amp; Nelson, N. J. (2008) Seasonal and spatial dynamics of ectoparasite infestation of a threatened reptile, the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus). Medical &amp; Veterinary Entomology, 22, 374 - 385. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2915.2008.00751. x" type="journal article" year="2008">
Godfrey
<emphasis id="B934EACAFFBC694B517FFE35B7162C88" box="[284,340,404,429]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">et al.</emphasis>
(2008)
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although
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used this name earlier in his unpublished MSc thesis. We too think that “tuatara tick” is a suitable name for
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<emphasis id="B934EACAFFBC694B5203FE18B5532CF5" box="[608,785,439,464]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">Ar. sphenodonti</emphasis>
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</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B934EACAFFBC694B53E5FE17B2FF2CF5" box="[902,1213,439,464]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">Archaeocroton sphenodonti</emphasis>
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</emphasis>
could not be confused with any other tick in
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since the only other hard ticks (
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) known in
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are eight species of
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<emphasis id="B934EACAFFBC694B511BFE5FB7832F3D" box="[376,449,511,536]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">Ixodes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and one species of
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<emphasis id="B934EACAFFBC694B52C2FE5FB50F2F3D" box="[673,845,511,536]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">Haemaphysalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B934EACAFFBC694B533FFDA1B5BD2F3D" box="[860,1023,511,536]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">H. longicornis</emphasis>
Neumann, 1901
</taxonomicName>
(
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Heath
<emphasis id="B934EACAFFBC694B5575FDA1B3172F3D" box="[1302,1365,511,536]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">et al.,</emphasis>
2011
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;
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFF36D8FFBC694B50A4FDE7B3372FA0" blockId="6.[151,1436,151,1149]" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">
The colour of the gut and other tissues of
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<emphasis id="B934EACAFFBC694B52CAFDE8B5192F45" box="[681,859,583,608]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">Ar. sphenodonti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B934EACAFFBC694B5300FDE7B5892F45" bold="true" box="[867,971,583,608]" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">
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</emphasis>
are remarkable in being purplish (
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;
<bibRefCitation id="EFD14B29FFBC694B50F4FDCCB71A2FA0" author="Dumbleton, L. J." box="[151,344,620,645]" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" pagination="185" refId="ref4692" refString="Dumbleton, L. J. (1943) A new tick from the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus). New Zealand Journal of Science &amp; Technology, 24, 185 B - 190 B." type="journal article" year="1943">Dumbleton 1943</bibRefCitation>
). It is not known whether this purplish colour is due to the blood of its host or something else.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFF36D8FFBC694B50A4FD2FB32C2EED" blockId="6.[151,1436,151,1149]" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">
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<emphasis id="B934EACAFFBC694B50A4FD2FB7BD2F8D" box="[199,511,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">Archaeocroton sphenodonti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B934EACAFFBC694B526BFD2FB4322F8D" bold="true" box="[520,624,655,680]" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">
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</emphasis>
might be as important to the discipline of tick biology as it's host, the tuatara, is to the biology of reptiles since studying relic species, in particular the genomes and transcriptomes of relic species, might reveal much about archaic worlds. The ticks, order
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, have a particularly long history; perhaps even back to the Devonian (406-368 million years ago) (
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;
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Barker
<emphasis id="B934EACAFFBC694B54B3FD5DB34A2E30" box="[1232,1288,764,789]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">et al.</emphasis>
2014
</bibRefCitation>
). Thus, we need all the help we can get to unravel the history of the ticks. The genomes, transcriptomes and proteomes of
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<emphasis id="B934EACAFFBC694B50F4FCE4B70F2E78" box="[151,333,836,861]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">Ar. sphenodonti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B934EACAFFBC694B5139FCE4B7842E78" bold="true" box="[346,454,836,861]" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">
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</emphasis>
might contribute to this endeavour. So far only the mitochondrial genome of
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<emphasis id="B934EACAFFBC694B551FFCE4B7622EA5" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">Ar. sphenodonti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B934EACAFFBC694B5149FCC7B7D62EA5" bold="true" box="[298,404,871,896]" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">
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</emphasis>
has been studied (
<bibRefCitation id="EFD14B29FFBC694B5212FCC7B50E2EA5" author="Burger, T. D. &amp; Shao, R. &amp; Beati, L. &amp; Miller, H. &amp; Barker, S. C." box="[625,844,871,896]" pageId="6" pageNumber="549" pagination="45 - 55" refId="ref4425" refString="Burger, T. D., Shao, R., Beati, L., Miller, H. &amp; Barker, S. C. (2012) Phylogenetic analysis of ticks (Acari: Ixodida) using mitochondrial genomes and nuclear rRNA genes indicates that the genus Amblyomma is polyphyletic. Molecular Phylogenetics &amp; Evolution, 64, 45 - 55. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. ympev. 2012.03.004" type="journal article" year="2012">
Burger
<emphasis id="B934EACAFFBC694B52A8FCC9B5452EA5" box="[715,775,871,896]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">et al.</emphasis>
2012
</bibRefCitation>
,
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) and a handful of nuclear genes (
<bibRefCitation id="EFD14B29FFBC694B5541FCC7B76E2E80" author="Dobson, S. J. &amp; Barker, S. C." pageId="6" pageNumber="549" pagination="288 - 295" refId="ref4632" refString="Dobson, S. J. &amp; Barker, S. C. (1999) Phylogeny of the hard ticks (Ixodidae) inferred from 18 s rRNA indicates that the genus Aponomma is paraphyletic. Molecular Phylogenetics &amp; Evolution, 11, 288 - 295. https: // doi. org / 10.1006 / mpev. 1998.0565" type="journal article" year="1999">Dobson &amp; Barker, 1999</bibRefCitation>
; and
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Miller
<emphasis id="B934EACAFFBC694B51D5FC2DB7AD2E80" box="[438,495,908,933]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="549">et al.</emphasis>
2007
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, small subunit (18s) rRNA;
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, part of the large subunit (28s) rRNA). A deep understanding of modern-day ticks is predicated on an adequate understanding of their history.
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There is apparently no conservation management plan for
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although ticks were apparently successfully translocated with their hosts to six islands in
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in a project aimed at conserving their hosts (
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