Nuclear (18S-28S rRNA) and mitochondrial genome markers of Carios (Carios) vespertilionis (Argasidae) support Carios Latreille, 1796 as a lineage embedded in the Ornithodorinae: re-classification of the Carios sensu Klompen and Oliver (1993) clade into its respective subgenera

IQ-TREE 2: New Models and Efficient Methods for Phylogenetic Inference in the Genomic Era

(2020) Bui Quang Minh et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Description of a new soft tick species (Acari: Argasidae: Ornithodoros) parasite of Octodon degus (Rodentia: Octodontidae) in northern Chile

(2020) Sebastián Muñoz-Leal et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Rickettsia hoogstraalii and a Rickettsiella from the Bat Tick Argas transgariepinus, in Namibia

(2020) Will K. Reeves et al.   JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY

First Report of Newly Identified Ornithodoros Species in the Republic of Korea

(2020) Sun-Woo Han et al.   JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY

Ornithodoros cerradoensis n. sp. (Acari: Argasidae), a member of the Ornithodoros talaje (Guérin-Méneville, 1849) group, parasite of rodents in the Brazilian Savannah

(2020) Sebastián Muñoz-Leal et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Phylogenies from mitochondrial genomes of 120 species of ticks: Insights into the evolution of the families of ticks and of the genus Amblyomma

(2020) Samuel Kelava et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Description of Ornithodoros montensis n. sp. (Acari, Ixodida: Argasidae), a parasite of the toad Rhinella arenarum (Amphibia, Anura: Bufonidae) in the Monte Desert of Argentina

(2019) José M. Venzal et al.   EXPERIMENTAL AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY

Ornithodoros (Ornithodoros) huajianensis sp. nov. (Acari, argasidae), a new tick species from the Mongolian marmot (Marmota bobak sibirica), Gansu province in China

(2019) Yi Sun et al.   International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife

A third species of Nothoaspis Keirans & Clifford, 1975 (Acari: Argasidae): Nothoaspis setosus (Kohls, Clifford & Jones, 1969) n. comb

(2019) Sebastián Muñoz-Leal et al.   SYSTEMATIC PARASITOLOGY

Mind the gap! The mitochondrial control region and its power as a phylogenetic marker in echinoids

(2018) Omri Bronstein et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Detection of tick-borne bacteria and babesia with zoonotic potential in Argas (Carios) vespertilionis (Latreille, 1802) ticks from British bats

(2018) Jizhou Lv et al.   Scientific Reports

Species Concepts: What about Ticks?

(2018) Filipe Dantas-Torres   TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY

Argasid and ixodid systematics: Implications for soft tick evolution and systematics, with a new argasid species list

(2018) Ben J. Mans et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Molecular investigations of the bat tick Argas vespertilionis (Ixodida: Argasidae) and Babesia vesperuginis (Apicomplexa: Piroplasmida) reflect “bat connection” between Central Europe and Central Asia

(2017) Sándor Hornok et al.   EXPERIMENTAL AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY

UFBoot2: Improving the Ultrafast Bootstrap Approximation

(2017) Diep Thi Hoang et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Mitochondrial gene heterogeneity of the bat soft tick Argas vespertilionis (Ixodida: Argasidae) in the Palaearctic

(2017) Sándor Hornok et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Extraordinary range expansion in a common bat: the potential roles of climate change and urbanisation

(2016) L. Ancillotto et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

tRNAscan-SE On-line: integrating search and context for analysis of transfer RNA genes

(2016) Todd M. Lowe et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Extraordinary range expansion in a common bat: the potential roles of climate change and urbanisation

(2016) L. Ancillotto et al.   Science of Nature

High speed BLASTN: an accelerated MegaBLAST search tool

(2015) Ying Chen et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Next-generation sequencing as means to retrieve tick systematic markers, with the focus on Nuttalliella namaqua (Ixodoidea: Nuttalliellidae)

(2015) Ben J. Mans et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Molecular phylogeny of soft ticks (Ixodida: Argasidae) inferred from mitochondrial genome and nuclear rRNA sequences

(2014) Thomas D. Burger et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

MAFFT Multiple Sequence Alignment Software Version 7: Improvements in Performance and Usability

(2013) K. Katoh et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Phylogenetic analysis of the mitochondrial genomes and nuclear rRNA genes of ticks reveals a deep phylogenetic structure within the genus Haemaphysalis and further elucidates the polyphyly of the genus Amblyomma with respect to Amblyomma sphenodonti and Amblyomma elaphense

(2013) Thomas D. Burger et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Geneious Basic: An integrated and extendable desktop software platform for the organization and analysis of sequence data

(2012) M. Kearse et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

The sialotranscriptome of Antricola delacruzi female ticks is compatible with non-hematophagous behavior and an alternative source of food

(2012) José Marcos C. Ribeiro et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

MITOS: Improved de novo metazoan mitochondrial genome annotation

(2012) Matthias Bernt et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Nuttalliella namaqua (Ixodoidea: Nuttalliellidae): First Description of the Male, Immature Stages and Re-Description of the Female

(2012) Abdalla A. Latif et al.   PLoS One

The Mitochondrial Genomes of Nuttalliella namaqua (Ixodoidea: Nuttalliellidae) and Argas africolumbae (Ixodoidae: Argasidae): Estimation of Divergence Dates for the Major Tick Lineages and Reconstruction of Ancestral Blood-Feeding Characters

(2012) Ben J. Mans et al.   PLoS One

ABGD, Automatic Barcode Gap Discovery for primary species delimitation

(2011) N. PUILLANDRE et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Nuttalliella namaqua: A Living Fossil and Closest Relative to the Ancestral Tick Lineage: Implications for the Evolution of Blood-Feeding in Ticks

(2011) Ben J. Mans et al.   PLoS One

Description of a New Argasid Tick (Acari: Ixodida) from Bat Caves in Brazilian Amazon

(2010) Santiago Nava et al.   JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY

Carios fonsecai sp. nov. (Acari, Argasidae), a bat tick from the central-western region of Brazil

(2009) Marcelo Labruna et al.   ACTA PARASITOLOGICA

Observations on Antricola Ticks: Small Nymphs Feed on Mammalian Hosts and Have a Salivary Gland Structure Similar to Ixodid Ticks

(2008) A. Estrada-Peña et al.   JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY