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Archaeocroton sphenodonti  (Dumbleton, 1943)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1117814

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Amblyomma sphenodonti (Dumbleton, 1943)
  
    Aponomma sphenodonti Dumbleton, 1943
  
  Common Name(s): tuatara tick [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumChelicerata  – cheliceriformes, quelicerado, queliceriforme  
                   ClassEuchelicerata   
                      SubclassArachnida  – araignées, aracnídeo, arachnids, arácnidos  
                         SuperorderParasitiformes   
                            OrderIxodida   
                               SuperfamilyIxodoidea   
                                  FamilyIxodidae   
                                     GenusArchaeocroton Barker and Burger, 2018  
                                        SpeciesArchaeocroton sphenodonti (Dumbleton, 1943) – tuatara tick  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Richard G. Robbins   
  Notes: Emeritus Research Associate, Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit, Department of Entomology, Smithsonian Institution, Museum Support Center, Suitland, MD 20746-2863   
  Reference for: Archaeocroton sphenodonti    
       
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Barker, Stephen C., and Thomas D. Burger   
  Publication Date: 2018   
  Article/Chapter Title: Two new genera of hard ticks, Robertsicus n. gen. and Archaeocroton n. gen., and the solution to the mystery of Hoogstraal's and Kaufman's "primitive" tick from the Carpathian Mountains   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, vol. 4500, no. 4   
  Page(s): 543-552   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5326   
  Notes: doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4500.4.4   
  Reference for: Archaeocroton sphenodonti, tuatara tick [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Australia  
       
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