Aponomma
Aponomma is subgenus of Amblyomma, a genus of hard ticks.
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. In 1999, nuclear rDNA analysis confirmed that the genus was paraphyletic, and following this finding, the genus was redistributed. The taxon remains as a subgenus, grouping together eyeless Amblyomma.
Species
Amblyomma (Aponomma) arcanum Karsch, 1879Amblyomma (Aponomma) crassipes Neumann, 1901Amblyomma (Aponomma) exornatum Koch, 1844- Amblyomma (Aponomma) fimbriatum Koch, 1844Amblyomma (Aponomma) flavomaculatum Lucas, 1846Amblyomma (Aponomma) fuscolineatum Lucas, 1847Amblyomma (Aponomma) gervaisi Lucas, 1847Amblyomma (Aponomma) inopinatum Santos Dias, 1989Amblyomma (Aponomma) komodoense Oudemans, 1928Amblyomma (Aponomma) kraneveldi Anastos, 1956Amblyomma (Aponomma) latum Koch, 1844Amblyomma (Aponomma) pattoni Neumann, 1910
- Amblyomma (Aponomma) quadricavum Schulze, 1941Amblyomma (Aponomma) soembawense Anastos, 1956Amblyomma (Aponomma) trimaculatum Lucas, 1878Amblyomma (Aponomma) varanense Supino, 1897
Former species
Africaniella transversale Lucas, 1845Alloceraea colasbelcouri Santos Dias, 1958- Archaeocroton sphenodonti Dumbleton, 1943Bothriocroton auruginans Schulze, 1936Bothriocroton concolor Neumann, 1899Bothriocroton glebopalma Keirans, King & Sharrad, 1994Bothriocroton hydrosauri Denny, 1843Bothriocroton tachyglossi Roberts, 1953Bothriocroton undatum Fabricius, 1775
- Robertsicus elaphensis Karsch, 1879