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species:
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<emphasis id="B934EACAFFBB694C5145F8ADB44D2A06" box="[294,527,1805,1827]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="544">Robertsicus elaphensis</emphasis>
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(
<bibRefCitation id="EFD14B29FFBB694C5219F8ADB4B22A06" author="Price, M. A." box="[634,752,1805,1827]" pageId="1" pageNumber="544" pagination="649 - 651" refId="ref5893" refString="Price, M. A. (1959) A new species of tick from the trans-pecors region of Texas. Journal of Parasitology, 4, 649 - 651." type="journal article" year="1959">Price, 1959</bibRefCitation>
)
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<emphasis id="B934EACAFFBB694C50F4F8EFB72A2A4D" bold="true" box="[151,360,1871,1896]" pageId="1" pageNumber="544">Type depositories</emphasis>
: The record of
<bibRefCitation id="EFD14B29FFBB694C5279F8EFB56F2A4D" author="Guglielmone, A. A. &amp; Robbins, R. G. &amp; Apanaskevich, D. A. &amp; Petney, T. N. &amp; Estrada-Pena, A. &amp; Horak, I. G." box="[538,813,1871,1896]" pageId="1" pageNumber="544" refId="ref5071" refString="Guglielmone, A. A., Robbins, R. G., Apanaskevich, D. A., Petney, T. N., Estrada-Pena, A. &amp; Horak, I. G. (2014) The Hard Ticks of the World. Dordrecht Springer, Heidelberg, 713 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / 978 - 94 - 007 - 7497 - 1" type="book" year="2014">
Guglielmone
<emphasis id="B934EACAFFBB694C52D7F8F1B4AC2A4D" box="[692,750,1871,1896]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="544">et al.</emphasis>
2014
</bibRefCitation>
(p. 415) about the types is apparently correct:
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(
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,
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),
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,
<collectionCode id="ED51AE1DFFBB694C518BF8D4B45E2AA8" box="[488,540,1908,1933]" pageId="1" pageNumber="544">OVI</collectionCode>
,
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(
<typeStatus id="54FB887AFFBB694C5200F8D4B4902AA8" box="[611,722,1908,1933]" pageId="1" pageNumber="544" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
) (
<bibRefCitation id="EFD14B29FFBB694C5284F8D4B2402AA8" author="Keirans, J. E. &amp; Hillyard, P. D." box="[743,1026,1908,1933]" pageId="1" pageNumber="544" pagination="1 - 74" refId="ref5593" refString="Keirans, J. E. &amp; Hillyard, P. D. (2001) A catalogue of the type specimens of Ixodida (Acari: Argasidae, Ixodidae) deposited in the Natural History Museum, London. Occasional Papers on Systematic Entomology, 13, 1 - 74." type="journal article" year="2001">Keirans &amp; Hillyard 2001</bibRefCitation>
, under
<taxonomicName id="4C404D5BFFBB694C5431F8D4B2AD2AA8" box="[1106,1263,1908,1933]" class="Arachnida" family="Ixodidae" genus="Archaeocroton" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ixodida" pageId="1" pageNumber="544" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="albopictum">
<emphasis id="B934EACAFFBB694C5431F8D4B2AD2AA8" box="[1106,1263,1908,1933]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="544">A. albopictum</emphasis>
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) as
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<emphasis id="B934EACAFFBB694C557FF8D4B74F2A94" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="544">Aponomma elaphensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<collectionCode id="ED51AE1DFFBB694C517CF839B7342A95" box="[287,374,1945,1968]" pageId="1" pageNumber="544">BMNH</collectionCode>
, The Natural History Museum, London,
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;
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, Onderstepoort Veterinary Research Institute, Onderstepoort,
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;
<collectionCode id="ED51AE1DFFBB694C522EF81CB43F2AF6" box="[589,637,1980,2003]" country="Germany" name="University of Marburg" pageId="1" pageNumber="544">UM</collectionCode>
, University of
<collectingRegion id="4984F83AFFBB694C5347F81CB5D62AF0" box="[804,916,1980,2005]" country="United States of America" name="Maryland" pageId="1" pageNumber="544">Maryland</collectingRegion>
, College Park,
<collectingCountry id="F3577648FFBB694C545DF81CB2382AF0" box="[1086,1146,1980,2005]" name="United States of America" pageId="1" pageNumber="544">USA</collectingCountry>
.
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<emphasis id="B934EACAFFB8694F50F4F868B74E2AF8" bold="true" box="[151,268,1992,2014]" pageId="2" pageNumber="545">FIGURE 1</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="4C404D5BFFB8694F517AF868B4402AFB" authorityName="Barker &amp; Burger" authorityYear="2018" baseAuthorityName="Price" baseAuthorityYear="1959" box="[281,514,1992,2014]" class="Arachnida" family="Ixodidae" genus="Robertsicus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ixodida" pageId="2" pageNumber="545" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="elaphensis" status="comb. nov.">
<emphasis id="B934EACAFFB8694F517AF868B4402AFB" box="[281,514,1992,2014]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="545">Robertsicus elaphensis</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20757B1FFB8694F526BF868B4262AF8" box="[520,612,1992,2013]" pageId="2" pageNumber="545" rank="species">n. comb.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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, horizontal scale bar 1.0 mm; vertical scale bar 2.5 mm..
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<emphasis id="B934EACAFFB9694E50F4FBE7B74F2979" bold="true" box="[151,269,1095,1117]" pageId="3" pageNumber="546">FIGURE 2</emphasis>
. The Trans-Pecos rat-snake,
<taxonomicName id="4C404D5BFFB9694E5254FBE7B5732978" baseAuthorityName="Brown" baseAuthorityYear="1901" box="[567,817,1095,1117]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Bogertophis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="546" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="subocularis">
<emphasis id="B934EACAFFB9694E5254FBE7B5732978" box="[567,817,1095,1117]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="546">Bogertophis subocularis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the host of
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<emphasis id="B934EACAFFB9694E53D1FBE7B2DE2978" box="[946,1180,1095,1117]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="546">Robertsicus elaphensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B934EACAFFB9694E54C0FBE7B3432979" bold="true" box="[1187,1281,1095,1116]" pageId="3" pageNumber="546">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20757B1FFB9694E54C0FBE7B3432979" box="[1187,1281,1095,1116]" pageId="3" pageNumber="546" rank="species">n. comb.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
Image by Jake Scott.
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<emphasis id="B934EACAFFB9694E50F4FB08B75329E4" bold="true" box="[151,273,1192,1217]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="546" reason="1">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
With characteristics of its sole constituent species
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<emphasis id="B934EACAFFB9694E5317FB08B23829E4" box="[884,1146,1192,1217]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="546">Robertsicus elaphensis</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20757B1FFB9694E54E5FB08B2B029E4" box="[1158,1266,1192,1217]" pageId="3" pageNumber="546" rank="species">n. comb.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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(
<bibRefCitation id="EFD14B29FFB9694E5566FB08B3D229E4" author="Price, M. A." box="[1285,1424,1192,1217]" pageId="3" pageNumber="546" pagination="649 - 651" refId="ref5893" refString="Price, M. A. (1959) A new species of tick from the trans-pecors region of Texas. Journal of Parasitology, 4, 649 - 651." type="journal article" year="1959">Price, 1959</bibRefCitation>
).
<bibRefCitation id="EFD14B29FFB9694E50F4FB6CB7BB29C0" author="Keirans, J. E. &amp; Degenhardt, W. G." box="[151,505,1228,1253]" pageId="3" pageNumber="546" pagination="711 - 717" refId="ref5538" refString="Keirans, J. E. &amp; Degenhardt, W. G. (1985) A ponomma elaphense Price, 1959 (Acari: Ixodidae): diagnosis of the adults and nymph with first description of the larva. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 98, 711 - 717." type="journal article" year="1985">Keirans and Degenhardt (1985)</bibRefCitation>
has detailed diagnoses of the larvae, nymphs, males and females; these will not be repeated here.
<bibRefCitation id="EFD14B29FFB9694E515CFB50B4E5282C" author="Keirans, J. E. &amp; Degenhardt, W. G." box="[319,679,1264,1289]" pageId="3" pageNumber="546" pagination="711 - 717" refId="ref5538" refString="Keirans, J. E. &amp; Degenhardt, W. G. (1985) A ponomma elaphense Price, 1959 (Acari: Ixodidae): diagnosis of the adults and nymph with first description of the larva. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 98, 711 - 717." type="journal article" year="1985">Keirans and Degenhardt (1985)</bibRefCitation>
also has fine scanning electron photon micrographs of the larvae, nymphs, males and females.
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<emphasis id="B934EACAFFB9694E51BEFAB5B4302808" box="[477,626,1300,1325]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="546">R. elaphensis</emphasis>
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</emphasis>
is the only reptile-tick that is known to be native to the
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; this information together with the detailed diagnoses of
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make
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<emphasis id="B934EACAFFB9694E5481FA99B3392874" box="[1250,1403,1336,1361]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="546">R. elaphensis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B934EACAFFB9694E55E6FA98B69D2850" bold="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="546">
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</emphasis>
readily distinguishable from all other ticks.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C35A6553FFB9694E50A4FA20B3502B0C" pageId="3" pageNumber="546" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8BFF36D8FFB9694E50A4FA20B5402B20" blockId="3.[151,1437,1192,2009]" pageId="3" pageNumber="546">
<emphasis id="B934EACAFFB9694E50A4FA20B70C28BC" bold="true" box="[199,334,1408,1433]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="546" reason="1">Etymology.</emphasis>
The name of this new genus honours Dr F. H. S. Roberts the “father” of Australian tick taxomomy. The English family name “Roberts” means son of “Robert”; both “Roberts” and “Robert” are masculine names. Thus, the name
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<emphasis id="B934EACAFFB9694E5244FA68B4E928C4" box="[551,683,1480,1505]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="546">Robertsicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is masculine; this should be taken into consideration should any other species be added to the genus
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<emphasis id="B934EACAFFB9694E524AFA4CB4EF2B20" box="[553,685,1516,1541]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="546">Robertsicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B934EACAFFB9694E50A4F9B0B7DD2B0C" bold="true" box="[199,415,1552,1577]" pageId="3" pageNumber="546">New combination.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C404D5BFFB9694E51C5F9B0B5032B0C" authority="(Price, 1959)" authorityName="Barker &amp; Burger" authorityYear="2018" baseAuthorityName="Price" baseAuthorityYear="1959" box="[422,833,1552,1577]" class="Arachnida" family="Ixodidae" genus="Robertsicus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ixodida" pageId="3" pageNumber="546" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="elaphensis">
<emphasis id="B934EACAFFB9694E51C5F9B0B4E52B0C" box="[422,679,1552,1577]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="546">Robertsicus elaphensis</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
for
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<emphasis id="B934EACAFFB9694E530CF9B0B2302B0C" box="[879,1138,1552,1577]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="546">Amblyomma elaphense</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C35A6553FFB9694950A4F994B4202C88" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="547" pageId="3" pageNumber="546" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BFF36D8FFB9694E50A4F994B3212B9C" blockId="3.[151,1437,1192,2009]" pageId="3" pageNumber="546">
<emphasis id="B934EACAFFB9694E50A4F994B7792B68" bold="true" box="[199,315,1588,1613]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="546" reason="1">Remarks.</emphasis>
The name
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<emphasis id="B934EACAFFB9694E51D8F994B4692B68" box="[443,555,1588,1613]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="546">elaphense</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is neuter and thus, is here changed to the masculine form,
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<emphasis id="B934EACAFFB9694E54AFF994B3002B68" box="[1228,1346,1588,1613]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="546">elaphensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, so that the gender of the genus and the species names are compatible. We propose the vernacular name, &quot;tail-eating tick&quot; for the sole member of this genus,
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<emphasis id="B934EACAFFB9694E5247F9DDB4F82BB0" box="[548,698,1660,1685]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="546">R. elaphensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B934EACAFFB9694E52A0F9DCB5732BB1" bold="true" box="[707,817,1660,1685]" pageId="3" pageNumber="546">
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,
</emphasis>
since this species “may very well be a common cause for tail loss” in
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<emphasis id="B934EACAFFB9694E5126F900B4152B9C" box="[325,599,1696,1721]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="546">Bogertophis subocularis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFD14B29FFB9694E5205F900B2622B9C" author="Degenhardt, W. G. &amp; Degenhardt, P. B." box="[614,1056,1696,1721]" pageId="3" pageNumber="546" pagination="167 - 178" refId="ref4577" refString="Degenhardt, W. G. &amp; Degenhardt, P. B. (1965) The host-parasite relationship between Elaphe subocularis (Reptilia: Colubridae) and Aponomma elaphensis (Acarina: Ixodidae). Southwestern Naturalist, 10, 167 - 178. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 3668997" type="journal article" year="1965">Degenhardt &amp; Degenhardt 1965 p. 169</bibRefCitation>
;
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of the present paper).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFF36D8FFB9694E50A4F964B2442AB4" blockId="3.[151,1437,1192,2009]" pageId="3" pageNumber="546">
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<emphasis id="B934EACAFFB9694E50A4F964B7882BF8" box="[199,458,1732,1757]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="546">Robertsicus elaphensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B934EACAFFB9694E51B7F964B47F2BF8" bold="true" box="[468,573,1732,1757]" pageId="3" pageNumber="546">
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</emphasis>
is of considerable interest since it is the only species of reptile-tick that is native to the
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. We propose that
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<emphasis id="B934EACAFFB9694E5244F949B4FE2A24" box="[551,700,1768,1793]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="546">R. elaphensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B934EACAFFB9694E52A0F948B56A2A24" bold="true" box="[707,808,1768,1793]" pageId="3" pageNumber="546">
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</emphasis>
is a relic of a once more speciose lineage; perhaps other relic-species in this lineage, and indeed also in the lineage of
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<emphasis id="B934EACAFFB9694E532CF8ADB5BD2A00" box="[847,1023,1804,1829]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="546">Ar. sphenodonti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B934EACAFFB9694E5465F8ACB22E2A00" bold="true" box="[1030,1132,1804,1829]" pageId="3" pageNumber="546">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20757B1FFB9694E5465F8ACB22E2A00" box="[1030,1132,1804,1829]" pageId="3" pageNumber="546" rank="species">n. comb.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, await discovery. The only known host of
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<emphasis id="B934EACAFFB9694E5120F891B7982A6C" box="[323,474,1840,1865]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="546">R. elaphensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B934EACAFFB9694E5180F890B4092A6C" bold="true" box="[483,587,1840,1865]" pageId="3" pageNumber="546">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20757B1FFB9694E5180F890B4092A6C" box="[483,587,1840,1865]" pageId="3" pageNumber="546" rank="species">n. comb.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, the Trans-Pecos rat-snake,
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<emphasis id="B934EACAFFB9694E53EDF891B2702A6C" box="[910,1074,1840,1865]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="546">B. subocularis</emphasis>
(Brown, 1901)
</taxonomicName>
, is a medium to large, nonvenomous snake of the family
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.
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<emphasis id="B934EACAFFB9694E536DF8F5B5F72A48" box="[782,949,1876,1901]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="546">B. subocularis</emphasis>
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is endemic to the Chihuahuan Desert of Mexico and southeastern
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(parts of
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, West
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and
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFF36D8FFB9694E50A4F83CB3C32AFC" blockId="3.[151,1437,1192,2009]" pageId="3" pageNumber="546">
One thesis (
<bibRefCitation id="EFD14B29FFB9694E5129F83CB7B82A90" author="Kaufman, T. S." box="[330,506,1948,1973]" pageId="3" pageNumber="546" refId="ref5499" refString="Kaufman, T. S. (1972) A revision of the genus Aponomma Neumann, 1899 (Acarina: Ixodidae). Unpublished Phd thesis University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 389 pp." type="book" year="1972">Kaufman, 1972</bibRefCitation>
) and five main papers provide information and insight into
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<emphasis id="B934EACAFFB9694E54F0F83DB36A2A90" box="[1171,1320,1948,1973]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="546">R. elaphensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B934EACAFFB9694E554CF83CB3D62A90" bold="true" box="[1327,1428,1948,1973]" pageId="3" pageNumber="546">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20757B1FFB9694E554CF83CB3D62A90" box="[1327,1428,1948,1973]" pageId="3" pageNumber="546" rank="species">n. comb.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
:
<bibRefCitation id="EFD14B29FFB9694E50F4F860B7672AFC" author="Price, M. A." box="[151,293,1984,2009]" pageId="3" pageNumber="546" pagination="649 - 651" refId="ref5893" refString="Price, M. A. (1959) A new species of tick from the trans-pecors region of Texas. Journal of Parasitology, 4, 649 - 651." type="journal article" year="1959">Price (1959)</bibRefCitation>
; Degenhardt &amp; Degenhardt, (1965); Keirans &amp; Degenhardt, (1985); and
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Burger
<emphasis id="B934EACAFFB9694E54C9F861B2992AFC" box="[1194,1243,1984,2009]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="546">et al</emphasis>
. (2012
</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFD14B29FFB9694E555BF860B3372AFC" author="Burger, T. &amp; Shao, R. &amp; Barker, S. C." box="[1336,1397,1984,2009]" pageId="3" pageNumber="546" pagination="265 - 274" refId="ref4342" refString="Burger, T., Shao, R. &amp; Barker, S. C. (2013) Phylogenetic analysis of the mitochondrial genomes and nuclear rRNA genes of ticks reveals a deep phylogenetic structure within the genus Haemaphysalis and further elucidates the polyphyly of the genus Amblyomma with respect to Amblyomma sphenodonti and Amblyomma elaphense. Ticks &amp; Tick-borne Diseases, 4, 265 - 274. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. ttbdis. 2013.02.002" type="journal article" year="2013">2013</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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We note that
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amended the date of the authority of this species from Price 1958 to
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, without comment: obviously
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concurred with
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, p. 226) who wrote that “The date for the species should be 1959, since the
<date id="FFFE1018FFBE694953BEFF7FB2D32DDD" box="[989,1169,223,248]" pageId="4" pageNumber="547" value="1958-12">December 1958</date>
issue of the
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containing the original description actually appeared in
<date id="FFFE1018FFBE694953DAFEA4B2152C38" box="[953,1111,260,285]" pageId="4" pageNumber="547" value="1959-01">January 1959</date>
”. Authors after
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, including us, have accepted 1959 as the amended date for this species of tick. Our opinion is that the date should have stayed as 1958, but there is no need to amend this date, again, now. We simply record this for the benefit of readers and authors of the future who may also wonder, like us, if the date in the authority of the species should have been 1958 not 1959.
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