Aponomma

Aponomma is a former, now defunct, genus of ticks belonging to the family Ixodidae.^[1] Aponomma remains a subgenus of Amblyomma, comprising former 'typical' Aponomma.

Aponomma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Ixodida
Family:	Ixodidae
Genus:	Aponomma Lahille, 1905

The genus was fragmented in 1972, with the proposal of three distinct groups.^[2] In 1999, nuclear rDNA analysis demonstrated that the genus was polyphyletic, and following this finding, the genus was redistributed. Today, the former member species constitute wholly or partially the Amblyomma, Archaeocroton, Bothriocroton, Haemaphysalis and Robertsicus genera.^[3][4][1]

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) transversale Lucas, 1845
• Amblyomma (Aponomma) trimaculatum Lucas, 1878
• Amblyomma (Aponomma) varanense Supino, 1897

Former species:

• Archaeocroton sphedonti Dumbleton, 1943
• Bothriocroton auruginans Schulze, 1936^[5]
• Bothriocroton concolor Neumann, 1899^[6]
• Bothriocroton glebopalma Keirans, King & Sharrad, 1994^[7]
• Bothriocroton hydrosauri Denny, 1843^[8]
• Bothriocroton tachyglossi Roberts, 1953^[9]
• Bothriocroton undatum Fabricius, 1775^[10]
• Haemaphysalis colasbelcouri Santos Dias, 1958
• Robertsicus elaphensis Karsch, 1879