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2024

Journal Article

The weather determined how ‘hot’ the tick paralysis season was in eastern Australia: 2018 to 2024

Teo, Ernest J. M., Russell, Heather, Lambert, Tracey, Webster, Robert, Yappa, Amanda, McDonagh, Phillip, Harper, Gavin, Barker, Dayana, Nakao, Ryo and Barker, Stephen C. (2024). The weather determined how ‘hot’ the tick paralysis season was in eastern Australia: 2018 to 2024. Veterinary Parasitology, 331 110252, 110252. doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2024.110252

The weather determined how ‘hot’ the tick paralysis season was in eastern Australia: 2018 to 2024

2024

Journal Article

Dermacentor (Indocentor) auratus Supino 1897: Potential geographic range, and medical and veterinary significance

Teo, Ernest J.M., Apanaskevich, Dmitry A., Barker, Stephen C. and Nakao, Ryo (2024). Dermacentor (Indocentor) auratus Supino 1897: Potential geographic range, and medical and veterinary significance. Acta Tropica, 254 107197, 107197. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2024.107197

Dermacentor (Indocentor) auratus Supino 1897: Potential geographic range, and medical and veterinary significance

2024

Journal Article

Unraveling the phylogenetics of genetically closely related species, Haemaphysalis japonica and Haemaphysalis megaspinosa, using entire tick mitogenomes and microbiomes

Moustafa, Mohamed Abdallah Mohamed, Mohamed, Wessam M. A., Chatanga, Elisha, Nagib, Doaa, Matsuno, Keita, Gofton, Alexander W., Barker, Stephen C., Nonaka, Nariaki and Nakao, Ryo (2024). Unraveling the phylogenetics of genetically closely related species, Haemaphysalis japonica and Haemaphysalis megaspinosa, using entire tick mitogenomes and microbiomes. Scientific Reports, 14 (1) 9961, 1-14. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-60163-x

Unraveling the phylogenetics of genetically closely related species, Haemaphysalis japonica and Haemaphysalis megaspinosa, using entire tick mitogenomes and microbiomes

2024

Journal Article

A new subgenus of hard ticks, Filippoviella n. subgen. (Acari: Ixodidae) comprising Ixodes trianguliceps Birula, 1895 and I. ghilarovi Filippova & Panova, 1988, parasites of small mammals in Europe and Asia

APANASKEVICH, DMITRY A., GREIMAN, STEPHEN E., FEDOROV, DENIS S., AHMED, ROKEYA and BARKER, STEPHEN C. (2024). A new subgenus of hard ticks, Filippoviella n. subgen. (Acari: Ixodidae) comprising Ixodes trianguliceps Birula, 1895 and I. ghilarovi Filippova & Panova, 1988, parasites of small mammals in Europe and Asia. Zootaxa, 5443 (2), 224-236. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5443.2.5

A new subgenus of hard ticks, Filippoviella n. subgen. (Acari: Ixodidae) comprising Ixodes trianguliceps Birula, 1895 and I. ghilarovi Filippova & Panova, 1988, parasites of small mammals in Europe and Asia

2024

Journal Article

The geographic limits and life history of the tropical brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus linnaei (Audouin, 1826), in Australia with notes on the spread of Ehrlichia canis

Teo, Ernest J.M., Evasco, Kimberly L., Barker, Dayana, Levin, M.L. and Barker, Stephen C. (2024). The geographic limits and life history of the tropical brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus linnaei (Audouin, 1826), in Australia with notes on the spread of Ehrlichia canis. International Journal for Parasitology, 54 (8-9), 453-462. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2024.04.004

The geographic limits and life history of the tropical brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus linnaei (Audouin, 1826), in Australia with notes on the spread of Ehrlichia canis

2024

Journal Article

New insights into the molecular phylogeny, biogeographical history, and diversification of Amblyomma ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) based on mitogenomes and nuclear sequences

Uribe, Juan E., Kelava, Samuel, Nava, Santiago, Cotes-Perdomo, Andrea P., Castro, Lyda R., Rivera-Paéz, Fredy A., Perea, Silvia, Mans, Ben J., Gofton, Alexander, Teo, Ernest J. M., Zardoya, Rafael and Barker, Stephen C. (2024). New insights into the molecular phylogeny, biogeographical history, and diversification of Amblyomma ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) based on mitogenomes and nuclear sequences. Parasites & Vectors, 17 (1) 139. doi: 10.1186/s13071-024-06131-w

New insights into the molecular phylogeny, biogeographical history, and diversification of Amblyomma ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) based on mitogenomes and nuclear sequences

2024

Journal Article

The first cryptic genus of Ixodida, Cryptocroton n. gen. for Amblyomma papuanum Hirst, 1914: a tick of North Queensland, Australia, and Papua New Guinea

Barker, Stephen C., Kelava, Samuel, Mans, Ben J., Apanaskevich, Dmitry A., Seeman, Owen D., Gofton, Alexander, Shao, Renfu, Teo, Ernest J.M, Evasco, Kimberley L., Soennichsen, Kari F., Barker, Dayana and Nakao, Ryo (2024). The first cryptic genus of Ixodida, Cryptocroton n. gen. for Amblyomma papuanum Hirst, 1914: a tick of North Queensland, Australia, and Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa, 5410 (1), 91-111. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5410.1.5

The first cryptic genus of Ixodida, Cryptocroton n. gen. for Amblyomma papuanum Hirst, 1914: a tick of North Queensland, Australia, and Papua New Guinea

2024

Journal Article

Insights from entire mitochondrial genome sequences into the phylogeny of ticks of the genera Haemaphysalis and Archaeocroton with the elevation of the subgenus Alloceraea Schulze, 1919 back to the status of a genus

Kelava, Samuel, Apanaskevich, Dmitry A., Shao, Renfu, Gofton, Alexander W., Mans, Ben J., Teo, Ernest J. M., Norval, Gerrut, Barker, Dayana, Nakao, Ryo and Barker, Stephen C. (2024). Insights from entire mitochondrial genome sequences into the phylogeny of ticks of the genera Haemaphysalis and Archaeocroton with the elevation of the subgenus Alloceraea Schulze, 1919 back to the status of a genus. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 38 (2), 189-204. doi: 10.1111/mve.12708

Insights from entire mitochondrial genome sequences into the phylogeny of ticks of the genera Haemaphysalis and Archaeocroton with the elevation of the subgenus Alloceraea Schulze, 1919 back to the status of a genus

2023

Journal Article

The weather determines the number of cases of tick paralysis in dogs and cats in eastern Australia, caused by Ixodes holocyclus, the eastern paralysis tick

Teo, E.J.M., Russell, H., Lambert, T., Webster, R., Yappa, A., McDonagh, P., Harper, G., Barker, D. and Barker, S.C. (2023). The weather determines the number of cases of tick paralysis in dogs and cats in eastern Australia, caused by Ixodes holocyclus, the eastern paralysis tick. Australian Veterinary Journal, 101 (12), 479-489. doi: 10.1111/avj.13289

The weather determines the number of cases of tick paralysis in dogs and cats in eastern Australia, caused by Ixodes holocyclus, the eastern paralysis tick

2023

Journal Article

A new subgenus, Australixodes n. subgen. (Acari: Ixodidae), for the kiwi tick, Ixodes anatis Chilton, 1904, and validation of the subgenus Coxixodes Schulze, 1941 with a phylogeny of 16 of the 22 subgenera of Ixodes Latreille, 1795 from entire mitochondrial genome sequences

Barker, Stephen C., Kelava, Samuael, Heath, Allen C.G., Seeman, Owen D., Apanaskevich, Dmitry A., Mans, Ben J., Shao, Renfu, Gofton, Alexander W., Teo, Ernest J.M., Byrne, Andrew F., Ito, Takuya, Tan, Craig J., Barker, Dayana and Nakao, Ryo (2023). A new subgenus, Australixodes n. subgen. (Acari: Ixodidae), for the kiwi tick, Ixodes anatis Chilton, 1904, and validation of the subgenus Coxixodes Schulze, 1941 with a phylogeny of 16 of the 22 subgenera of Ixodes Latreille, 1795 from entire mitochondrial genome sequences. Zootaxa, 5325 (4), 529-540. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5325.4.4

A new subgenus, Australixodes n. subgen. (Acari: Ixodidae), for the kiwi tick, Ixodes anatis Chilton, 1904, and validation of the subgenus Coxixodes Schulze, 1941 with a phylogeny of 16 of the 22 subgenera of Ixodes Latreille, 1795 from entire mitochondrial genome sequences

2023

Journal Article

Ticks of Australasia: 125 species of ticks in and around Australia

Barker, Stephen C. and Barker, Dayana (2023). Ticks of Australasia: 125 species of ticks in and around Australia. Zootaxa, 5253 (1), 1-670. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5253.1.1

Ticks of Australasia: 125 species of ticks in and around Australia

2023

Journal Article

The abundance and geographic distributions of two species of ticks in South Australia: Bundey Bore revisited

Teo, Ernest J. M., Bull, C. Michael, Burzacott, Dale, Zalucki, Myron P., Furlong, Michael J., Barker, Dayana and Barker, Stephen C. (2023). The abundance and geographic distributions of two species of ticks in South Australia: Bundey Bore revisited. Austral Ecology, 48 (3), 563-584. doi: 10.1111/aec.13284

The abundance and geographic distributions of two species of ticks in South Australia: Bundey Bore revisited

2023

Journal Article

Two seasons of tick paralysis in Victoria yet one season in Queensland and New South Wales, Australia

Teo, Ernest J. M., Arganda, Alexa, Webster, Robert, Yappa, Amanda, Barker, Dayana and Barker, Stephen C. (2023). Two seasons of tick paralysis in Victoria yet one season in Queensland and New South Wales, Australia. International Journal for Parasitology, 53 (1), 43-53. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2022.10.004

Two seasons of tick paralysis in Victoria yet one season in Queensland and New South Wales, Australia

2022

Journal Article

Seventy-eight entire mitochondrial genomes and nuclear rRNA genes provide insight into the phylogeny of the hard ticks, particularly the Haemaphysalis species, Africaniella transversale and Robertsicus elaphense

Kelava, Samuel, Mans, Ben J., Shao, Renfu, Barker, Dayana, Teo, Ernest J. M., Chatanga, Elisha, Gofton, Alexander W., Moustafa, Mohamed Abdallah Mohamed, Nakao, Ryo and Barker, Stephen C. (2022). Seventy-eight entire mitochondrial genomes and nuclear rRNA genes provide insight into the phylogeny of the hard ticks, particularly the Haemaphysalis species, Africaniella transversale and Robertsicus elaphense. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 14 (2) 102070, 102070. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2022.102070

Seventy-eight entire mitochondrial genomes and nuclear rRNA genes provide insight into the phylogeny of the hard ticks, particularly the Haemaphysalis species, Africaniella transversale and Robertsicus elaphense

2022

Journal Article

Description of eight new species of Ixodes Latreille, 1795 (Acari: Ixodidae) and redescription of I. auritulus Neumann, 1904, parasites of birds in the Australasian, Nearctic and Neotropical Regions

Apanaskevich, Dmitry A., Apanaskevich, Maria A., Klimov, Pavel B., Edgy, Brett M., Bermdez, Sergio E., Labruna, Marcelo B., Korzeev, Andrei I. and Barker, Stephen C. (2022). Description of eight new species of Ixodes Latreille, 1795 (Acari: Ixodidae) and redescription of I. auritulus Neumann, 1904, parasites of birds in the Australasian, Nearctic and Neotropical Regions. Zootaxa, 5173 (1), 1-73. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5173.1.1

Description of eight new species of Ixodes Latreille, 1795 (Acari: Ixodidae) and redescription of I. auritulus Neumann, 1904, parasites of birds in the Australasian, Nearctic and Neotropical Regions

2022

Journal Article

Rediscovery of Ixodes confusus in Australia with the first description of the male from Australia, a redescription of the female, the mitochondrial (mt) genomes of five species of Ixodes

Barker, Dayana, Kelava, Samuel, Seeman, Owen D., Shao, Renfu, Seaniger, James R., Jones, Malcolm K., Apanaskevich, Maria A., Nakao, Ryo, Apanaskevich, Dmitry A. and Barker, Stephen C. (2022). Rediscovery of Ixodes confusus in Australia with the first description of the male from Australia, a redescription of the female, the mitochondrial (mt) genomes of five species of Ixodes. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 18, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2022.03.006

Rediscovery of Ixodes confusus in Australia with the first description of the male from Australia, a redescription of the female, the mitochondrial (mt) genomes of five species of Ixodes

2022

Journal Article

Comparative mitogenomics elucidates the population genetic structure of Amblyomma testudinarium in Japan and a closely related Amblyomma species in Myanmar

Mohamed, Wessam Mohamed Ahmed, Moustafa, Mohamed Abdallah Mohamed, Thu, May June, Kakisaka, Keita, Chatanga, Elisha, Ogata, Shohei, Hayashi, Naoki, Taya, Yurie, Ohari, Yuma, Naguib, Doaa, Qiu, Yongjin, Matsuno, Keita, Bawm, Saw, Htun, Lat Lat, Barker, Stephen C., Katakura, Ken, Ito, Kimihito, Nonaka, Nariaki and Nakao, Ryo (2022). Comparative mitogenomics elucidates the population genetic structure of Amblyomma testudinarium in Japan and a closely related Amblyomma species in Myanmar. Evolutionary Applications, 15 (7), 1062-1078. doi: 10.1111/eva.13426

Comparative mitogenomics elucidates the population genetic structure of Amblyomma testudinarium in Japan and a closely related Amblyomma species in Myanmar

2022

Journal Article

Description of the female, nymph and larva and mitochondrial genome, and redescription of the male of Ixodes barkeri Barker, 2019 (Acari: Ixodidae), from the short-beaked echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus, with a consideration of the most suitable subgenus for this tick

Barker, Dayana, Kelava, Samuel, Shao, Renfu, Seeman, Owen D., Jones, Malcolm K., Nakao, Ryo, Barker, Stephen C. and Apanaskevich, Dmitry A. (2022). Description of the female, nymph and larva and mitochondrial genome, and redescription of the male of Ixodes barkeri Barker, 2019 (Acari: Ixodidae), from the short-beaked echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus, with a consideration of the most suitable subgenus for this tick. Parasites and Vectors, 15 (1) 117, 117. doi: 10.1186/s13071-022-05165-2

Description of the female, nymph and larva and mitochondrial genome, and redescription of the male of Ixodes barkeri Barker, 2019 (Acari: Ixodidae), from the short-beaked echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus, with a consideration of the most suitable subgenus for this tick

2022

Journal Article

Baş biti enfestasyonlarının etkin kontrolü için uluslararası tavsiyeler

Mumcuoğlu, Kosta Y., Pollack, Richard J., Reed, David, Barker, Stephen, Gordon, Shirley, Toloza, Ariel Ceferino, Picollo, Maria Ines, Özkan, Ayşegül Taylan, Chosidow, Olivier, Habedank, Birgit, Ibarra, Joanna, Meinking, Terri L. and Stichele, Robert Vander (2022). Baş biti enfestasyonlarının etkin kontrolü için uluslararası tavsiyeler. Turk Hijyen ve Deneysel Biyoloji Dergisi, 79 (4), 748-761. doi: 10.5505/TurkHijyen.2022.78872

Baş biti enfestasyonlarının etkin kontrolü için uluslararası tavsiyeler

2022

Journal Article

Reconstruction of mitochondrial genomes from raw sequencing data provides insights on the phylogeny of Ixodes ticks but suggests the caution for species misidentification

Mohamed, Wessam Mohamed Ahmed, Moustafa, Mohamed Abdallah Mohamed, Kelava, Samuel, Barker, Dayana, Matsuno, Keita, Nonaka, Nariaki, Shao, Renfu, Mans, Ben J., Barker, Stephen C. and Nakao, Ryo (2022). Reconstruction of mitochondrial genomes from raw sequencing data provides insights on the phylogeny of Ixodes ticks but suggests the caution for species misidentification. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 13 (1) 101832, 101832. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2021.101832

Reconstruction of mitochondrial genomes from raw sequencing data provides insights on the phylogeny of Ixodes ticks but suggests the caution for species misidentification