Bothriocroton hydrosauri ( Denny, 1843 )

Guglielmone, Alberto A., Petney, Trevor N. & Robbins, Richard G., 2020, Ixodidae (Acari: Ixodoidea): descriptions and redescriptions of all known species from 1758 to December 31, 2019, Zootaxa 4871 (1), pp. 1-322 : 132

4. Bothriocroton hydrosauri ( Denny, 1843) .

An Australasian species, all of whose parasitic stages are usually found on Squamata : Scincidae , but they have also been collected from Squamata : Elapidae , and Monotremata : Tachyglossidae (provisional). Adults and larvae have been collected from Squamata : Agamidae ; adult ticks alone have been recovered from Artiodactyla : Bovidae , and Squamata : Varanidae ; and nymphs have been found on Testudines : Chelidae . Bothriocroton hydrosauri is a rare parasite of humans.

M: Lucas (1861), under the name Ixodes trachysauri , a synonym of Bothriocroton hydrosauri

F: Denny (1843), under the name Ixodes hydrosauri and given its current status in Klompen et al. (2002)

N: Roberts (1953), under the name Aponomma hydrosauri

L: Roberts (1953), under the name Aponomma trachysauri

Redescriptions

M: Neumann (1899), Roberts (1970), Kaufman (1972), Santos Dias (1993) and Andrews et al. (2006), all under the name Aponomma hydrosauri, Barker and Walker (2014)

F: Roberts (1970), Kaufman (1972), Santos Dias (1993) and Andrews et al. (2006), all under the name Aponomma hydrosauri, Barker and Walker (2014)

N: Roberts (1970), under the name Aponomma hydrosauri

L: Roberts (1969), under the name Aponomma hydrosauri

Note: see Bothriocroton tachyglossi for its confusion with Bothriocroton hydrosauri .