… Discovery of the sister-group, the nearest relatives, of the ticks will reveal much about the
evolution of the ticks; then we will be able to root our phylogenetic trees with confidence. There …

… Nevertheless, here we focus on tick names of valid species, a concept generally undisputed
contrary to higher hierarchy arrangements. In brief, some authors use the terms Bot. …

… In this article I address the issue of the species concept in tick taxonomy. While the typological
species … draculi, which represents a major gap in our knowledge about tick evolution. …

… (iv) The Rhipicentor lineage (2 species) appears to have evolved in and then remained in
Africa, although we cannot rule out the possibility that species from this lineage evolved in, or …

… systems and the number of species assigned to various genera. The overall increase in
the number of tick species since 1985 can also be observed increasing from ~811 to ~999. …

… For some countries, we found records of certain tick species without georeferenced data,
therefore we also produced country distribution maps so this information could be included. …

… of ticks included, we executed the largest mt genome phylogenetic study of ticks so far. …
crab, five mite mt genomes and 146 tick mt genomes from 120 species: 153 mt genomes in total. …

… ∼200 species), Ixodidae (hard ticks ∼ 700 species), and the monotypic Nuttalliellidae (…
Compared to soft ticks, hard ticks show greater species diversity with a larger number of species. …

… species of ticks that live in Australia, with existing common names and new common names,
… species accounts of Ixodes holocyclus (paralysis tick), Ixodes cornuatus (southern paralysis …

… 17 species described or resurrected during the years 2003–2008. We consider the following
35 tick species names to … to locate this fossil, whose study may shed light on tick evolution. …