Amblyomma sphenodonti, Dumbleton, 1943

Robbins, Richard G., Nava, Santiago, Ronai, Isobel, Chong, Kaylin L. & Guglielmone, Alberto A., 2025, Type specimens of the world’s hard tick species (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae): collection data and depositories for all valid names and the current status of invalid names, Zootaxa 5606 (1), pp. 1-287 : 205

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5606.1.1
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scientific name	Amblyomma sphenodonti
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sphenodonti Dumbleton, 1943 View in CoL , Aponomma

Dumbleton, L.J. (1943) A new tick from the tuatara ( Sphenodon punctatus ). New Zealand Journal of Science and Technology, Section B, 24 (4), 185–190.

Type depositories: CI: holotype (male) and paratypes (a nymph and a larva); CG: a paratype (female)

Type locality: Stephen Island , New Zealand

Type host: Sphenodon punctatus

Current status: a synonym of Archaeocroton sphenodonti and its original name ( Guglielmone et al. 2020, 2023). The current status of Aponomma sphenodonti , as Archaecroton sphenodonti , was established by Barker & Burger (2018).