Synonyms

• Aponomma sphenodonti Dumbleton, 1943
  • Amblyomma sphenodonti (Dumbleton, 1943)

type data

• Holotype: NZAC
  • Type kind: male
  • Type locality: Stephen's Island, New Zealand SD

Primary references

• Dumbleton, L.J. 1943: A new tick from the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus). New Zealand journal of science and technology, 24(4): 185B-190B. BUGZ

Additional references

• Burger, T.D. et al. (in press, 2012): Phylogenetic analysis of ticks (Acari: Ixodida) using mitochondrial genomes and nuclear rRNA genes indicates that the genus Amblyomma is polyphyletic. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.03.004
• Dumbleton, L.J. 1953: The ticks (Ixodoidea) of the New Zealand sub-region. Cape Expedition series bulletin, (14) BUGZ

• Godfrey, S.S.; Bull, C.M.; Nelson, N.J. 2008: Seasonal and spatial dynamics of ectoparasite infestation of a threatened reptile, the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus). Medical and veterinary entomology 22(4): 374–385. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2008.00751.x . Reference page. 
• Hardy, G.S. 1972: A review of the parasites of New Zealand reptiles. Tuatara, 19: 166–167. ISSN: 0041-3860
• Heath, A.C.G. 2006: A reptile tick, Aponomma sphenodonti Dumbleton (Acari: Ixodidae), parasitic on the tuatara, Sphenodon punctatus Gray (Reptilia: Rhyncocephalia), in New Zealand: observations on its life history and biology. Systematic & applied acarology, 11: 3–12. ISSN: 1362-1971 Abstract
• Miller, H.C.; Conrad, A.M.; Barker, S.C.; Daugherty, C.H. 2007: Distribution and phylogenetic analyses of an endangered tick, Amblyomma sphenodonti. New Zealand journal of zoology, 34: 97–105.