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(Redirected from Ornithodoros macmillani)
| Apanaskevichiella | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Ixodida |
| Family: | Argasidae |
| Genus: | Apanaskevichiella Barker et al., 2025 |
| Species: | A. macmillani |
| Binomial name | |
| Apanaskevichiella macmillani | |
Apanaskevichiella, is a genus of argasid soft tick belonging to the family Argasidae. The genus is monotypic containing a single species Apanaskevichiella macmillani, the McMillans Australian tree-hollow argasid.[2] It is a parasite found on Cockatoos in Australia.
Taxonomy
[edit]The species was described as Ornithodoros macmillani by Hoogstraal & Kohls in 1966.[1] It was later revised as Apanaskevichiella macmillani (Hoogstraal & Kohls, 1966)[3]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Hoogstraal, H. & Kohls, G.M. 1966. Ornithodoros (Pavlovskyella) macmillani, New Species (Ixodoidea: Argasidae), a Nest Parasite of Australian Cockatoos (Kakatoe roseicapilla). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 59(1): 86–92.
- ↑ "Ornithodoros macmillani Hoogstraal & Kohls, 1966". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
- ↑ Barker, Stephen C.; Kelava, Samuel; Shaw, Matthew D.; etc (2025). "Two new genera for the Australian species of the subgenus Pavlovskyella Pospelova-Shtrom, 1950 (genus Ornithodoros Koch, 1844) (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae: Ornithodorinae): Apanaskevichiella gen. nov. for O. (P.) macmillani Hoogstraal & Kohls, 1966; and Australpavlovskyella gen. nov. for O. (P.) gurneyi Warburton, 1926". Zootaxa. 5686 (3): 339–372. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5686.3.2.