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CP10.2: Wildlife 2: Mammals, Birds, Lizards & Wetas 5 min talks Location: Lecture Theatre 3 Session Chair: Haylee Crawford-Weaver, DCCEEW Session Chair: Nicholas Fountain-Jones, University of Tasmania | |
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Molecualar phylogeny of Australian Amblyomma with a focus on subgenus Cernyomma The University of Queensland, Australia The genus Amblyomma is a monophyletic lineage of hard ticks, many species of which parasitize reptiles. The last taxonomic revision of the Amblyomma of Australia was by the great Bob Roberts of Brisbane in 1970. That revision relied solely on morphology. I will present the first molecular phylogenetic tree of the Amblyomma of Australia, with emphasis on the subgenus Cernyomma. My phylogenetic analyses revealed some cryptic species and new host-associations. Additionally, I will present a new diagnostic key of them. | |