Ticks : a monograph of the 'Ixodoidea' / by George H.F. Nuttall[and others].
- George Nuttall
- Date:
- 1908-1915
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Credit: Ticks : a monograph of the 'Ixodoidea' / by George H.F. Nuttall[and others]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![I Sarcon^ssus), 2. Ixodidae (with three genera: Ixodes, Amhlyomma and Hyalomma), 3. Rhipistomidae (with five genera: Boophilus, Rhipi- cephalus, Dermacentor, Rhipistoma and Haemaphysalts). Soon after- wards, Banks (1894, p. 209) established the siiperfamily Ixodoidea, which we retain in this work. Neumann (1896, p. 2) placed ticks {Ixodides) as a family in the order Acari, and divided them into two subfamilies: I. Argasinae (with t^wo genera: Argas and Ornithodoros), and II. Ixodinaehe sub- sequently (1897, p. 325 and 1899, p. 107) recognized three tribes under Ixodinae: Tribe 1. Ixodae {= Cultripalpi of Canestrini, including four genera: Ixodes, Hyalomma, Amhlyomma and Aponomma); Tribe 2. Rhipicephalae (— Conipalpi of Canestrini, including three genera: Rhipicephalus, Dermacentor and Haemaphysalis); and Tribe 3 to include Haemalastor. By Haemalastor he meant to refer to forms like Ixodes vespertilionis, of which there are many bad species; he, however (1899, p. 166), recognised its close affinity to Ixodae, except for. the structure of the capitulum, and gives Haemalastor only generic rank after Ixodes. He founded the genus Aponomma (1899, p. 180) to include Amblyomma-like forms, differing from Amhlyomma in not possessing eyes, and in having broader bodies, besides occurring almost exclusively on Ophidia and Sauria. Neumann (1901, p. 318) briefly reviews the subject of classification, and notes the fact that C. L. Koch and himself were the only authors who based their classi- fications upon an extended study of actual specimens. He (p. 321) condemns Phaulixodes Berlese and Herpetohia Canestrini; Haemalastor Koch is referred to Hyalomma; Sarcon^ssus Kolenati is referred to Eschatocephalus Frauenfeld; (p. 276) Boophilus Curtice is united to Rhipicephalus ] Rhipistoma Koch and Opisthodon Canestrini, Gonixodes Duges are included under Haemaphysalis; Garis Latreille, Grotonus Dumeril, Gynorhaestes Hermann are referred to as des synonymes plus ou moins precis d'Eschatocephalus et d'lxodes''; Pseudixodes Haller is referred to Dermacentor; Ophiodes Murray falls into synonymy (= Apo- nomma), Xiphiastor Murray, and Adenopleura Macalister are condemned as undeterminable, being possibly Amhlyomma spp.; Margaropus Karsch is stated to be nothing more qu'un individu anormal de Rhipicephalus annulatus (Say) var. microplus. After thus clearing the ground of a good deal of lumber, he (p. 322) reiterates that he is in agreement with most zoologists in regarding the Ixodidae as merely a family of the order Acarina, and he divides the family into ten genera which he groups into two subfamilies: I. Ixodinae divided into two tribes: 8—2](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21357055_0147.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
