On the Origin of Hard Ticks (Parasitiformes, Ixodidae)

Highly diversified mitochondrial genomes provide new evidence for interordinal relationships in the Arachnida

(2022) Xin‐Chao Ban et al.   CLADISTICS

A remarkable assemblage of ticks from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber

(2022) Lidia Chitimia-Dobler et al.   PARASITOLOGY

Mitochondrial metagenomics reveals the ancient origin and phylodiversity of soil mites and provides a phylogeny of the Acari

(2019) Paula Arribas et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

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

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

Holothyrids and ticks: new insights from larval morphology and DNA sequencing, with the description of a new species of Diplothyrus (Parasitiformes: Neothyridae)

(2010) H. Klompen   ACAROLOGIA

First divergence time estimate of spiders, scorpions, mites and ticks (subphylum: Chelicerata) inferred from mitochondrial phylogeny

(2008) Ayyamperumal Jeyaprakash et al.   EXPERIMENTAL AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY