Overview
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- Professor Stephen Barker is:
- Available for supervision
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Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours) of Science (Advanced), James Cook University
- Doctor of Philosophy, Macquarie University
Works
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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Supervision history
Completed supervision
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
The effects of climate on the abundance and the geographic distribution of ticks in Australia
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Myron Zalucki, Professor Michael Furlong
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Insights into the phylogeny and evolution of ticks from mitochondrial genome sequences (Illumina data)
Principal Advisor
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
Systematics of the mite superfamily Dermanyssoidea: morphological approaches
Principal Advisor
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
Phylogenetic analyses of ticks (Acari: Ixodida) using mitochondrial genome sequences
Principal Advisor
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2007
Doctor Philosophy
MITOCHONDRIAL GENOMICS OF LICE (INSECTA: PHTHIRAPETERA)
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Paul Ebert
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2005
Doctor Philosophy
POPULATION GENETICS AND EVOLUTIONARY ORIGINS OF THE HEAD LICE AND BODY LICE OF HUMANS
Principal Advisor
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2004
Doctor Philosophy
STUDIES ON ANTIGENS OF IXODID TICKS OF CATTLE
Principal Advisor
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2003
Doctor Philosophy
Evolution of mitochondrial genomes of hemipteroid insects and an evaluation of gene rearrangements in animal mitochondrial genomes as phylogenetic markers
Principal Advisor
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