Aponomma is a subgenus of Amblyomma, a genus of hard ticks.Guglielmone, A. A., Petney, T. N., & Robbins, R. G. (2020). Ixodidae (Acari: Ixodoidea): descriptions and redescriptions of all known species from 1758 to December 31, 2019. Zootaxa, 4871(1). https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4871.1.1
Prior to 2002, Aponomma was a full rank genus of eyeless, primarily reptile ticks. The genus was fragmented in 1972, with the proposal of three distinct groups.Kaufman, T. S. (1972). A revision of the genus Aponomma Neumann, 1899 (Acarina: Ixodidae). [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Maryland, College Park. In 1999, nuclear rDNA analysis confirmed that the genus was paraphyletic,Dobson, S. J., & Barker, S. C. (1999). Phylogeny of the Hard Ticks (Ixodidae) Inferred from 18S rRNA Indicates That the Genus Aponomma Is Paraphyletic. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 11(2), 288–295. https://doi.org/10.1006/mpev.1998.0565 and following this finding, the genus was redistributed. The taxon remains as a subgenus, grouping together eyeless Amblyomma.
Species Amblyomma (Aponomma) arcanum Karsch, 1879 Amblyomma (Aponomma) crassipes Neumann, 1901 Amblyomma (Aponomma) exornatum Koch, 1844 Amblyomma (Aponomma) fimbriatum Koch, 1844 Amblyomma (Aponomma) flavomaculatum Lucas, 1846 Amblyomma (Aponomma) fuscolineatum Lucas, 1847 Amblyomma (Aponomma) gervaisi Lucas, 1847 Amblyomma (Aponomma) inopinatum Santos Dias, 1989 Amblyomma (Aponomma) komodoense Oudemans, 1928 Amblyomma (Aponomma) kraneveldi Anastos, 1956 Amblyomma (Aponomma) latum Koch, 1844 Amblyomma (Aponomma) pattoni Neumann, 1910 Amblyomma (Aponomma) quadricavum Schulze, 1941 Amblyomma (Aponomma) soembawense Anastos, 1956 Amblyomma (Aponomma) trimaculatum Lucas, 1878 Amblyomma (Aponomma) varanense Supino, 1897
Former species Africaniella transversale Lucas, 1845 Alloceraea colasbelcouri Santos Dias, 1958 Archaeocroton sphenodonti Dumbleton, 1943 Bothriocroton auruginans Schulze, 1936 Bothriocroton concolor Neumann, 1899 Bothriocroton glebopalma Keirans, King & Sharrad, 1994 Bothriocroton hydrosauri Denny, 1843 Bothriocroton tachyglossi Roberts, 1953 Bothriocroton undatum Fabricius, 1775 Robertsicus elaphensis Karsch, 1879
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