taxonID	type	description	language	source
332A6C556B3E2231FF35F904FFDE45FF.taxon	type_taxon	Type species: Apanaskevichiella macmillani (Hoogstraal & Kohls, 1966), here designated.	en	Barker, Stephen C., Kelava, Samuel, Shaw, Matthew David, Teo, Ernest J. M., Gofton, Alexander, Tan, Craig J., Barker, Dayana, Cho, Mingeun, Nakao, Ryo, Muñoz-Leal, Sebastián, Mans, Ben J. (2025): Two new genera for the Australian species of the subgenus Pavlovskyella Pospelova-Shtrom, 1950 (genus Ornithodoros Koch, 1844) (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae: Ornithodorinae): Apanaskevichiella gen. nov. for O. (P.) macmillani Hoogstraal & Kohls, 1966; and Australpavlovskyella gen. nov. for O. (P.) gurneyi. Zootaxa 5686 (3): 339-372, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5686.3.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5686.3.2
332A6C556B3E2231FF35F904FFDE45FF.taxon	materials_examined	Type depository: British Museum (Natural History) London, according to Keirans & Brewster (1981). Species: Apanaskevichiella macmillani (Hoogstraal & Kohls, 1966). Material examined: Table 1. subgenus-level and genus-level lineages of Argasidae. Alectorobius Ornithodoros Chiropterargas Neotropic _ Nearctic _ Palearctic _ Afrotropic _ Australapavlovskyella Apanaskevichiella Pavlovskyella Pavlovskyella Pavlovskyella Pavlovskyella	en	Barker, Stephen C., Kelava, Samuel, Shaw, Matthew David, Teo, Ernest J. M., Gofton, Alexander, Tan, Craig J., Barker, Dayana, Cho, Mingeun, Nakao, Ryo, Muñoz-Leal, Sebastián, Mans, Ben J. (2025): Two new genera for the Australian species of the subgenus Pavlovskyella Pospelova-Shtrom, 1950 (genus Ornithodoros Koch, 1844) (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae: Ornithodorinae): Apanaskevichiella gen. nov. for O. (P.) macmillani Hoogstraal & Kohls, 1966; and Australpavlovskyella gen. nov. for O. (P.) gurneyi. Zootaxa 5686 (3): 339-372, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5686.3.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5686.3.2
332A6C556B3E2231FF35F904FFDE45FF.taxon	description	Alectorobius 24.3 (5.8 – 30.8) 0.42 0.49 0.38 0.38 0.42 0.44 0.40 0.42 Ornithodoros 30.6 (29.4 – 33) 20.2 (5.9 – 24.4) 0.50 0.39 0.39 0.43 0.45 0.41 0.42 Chiropterargas 34.4 (33.1 – 37.3) 35 (33.5 – 37) 28.3 (24 – 31) 0.47 0.47 0.50 0.51 0.47 0.51	en	Barker, Stephen C., Kelava, Samuel, Shaw, Matthew David, Teo, Ernest J. M., Gofton, Alexander, Tan, Craig J., Barker, Dayana, Cho, Mingeun, Nakao, Ryo, Muñoz-Leal, Sebastián, Mans, Ben J. (2025): Two new genera for the Australian species of the subgenus Pavlovskyella Pospelova-Shtrom, 1950 (genus Ornithodoros Koch, 1844) (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae: Ornithodorinae): Apanaskevichiella gen. nov. for O. (P.) macmillani Hoogstraal & Kohls, 1966; and Australpavlovskyella gen. nov. for O. (P.) gurneyi. Zootaxa 5686 (3): 339-372, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5686.3.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5686.3.2
332A6C556B3E2231FF35F904FFDE45FF.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: Larva without spinose zone within or near Haller’s organ; dorsal plate present; 2 pairs of postcoxal setae; 10 pairs of dorsolateral setae. Nymphs and adults lack cheeks, dorsoventral groove and hood; preanal and postanal groove shallow; transverse post-anal groove short, perpendicular to median post-anal groove, resembling ventral paired organs of Carios; tarsi and metatarsi without humps.	en	Barker, Stephen C., Kelava, Samuel, Shaw, Matthew David, Teo, Ernest J. M., Gofton, Alexander, Tan, Craig J., Barker, Dayana, Cho, Mingeun, Nakao, Ryo, Muñoz-Leal, Sebastián, Mans, Ben J. (2025): Two new genera for the Australian species of the subgenus Pavlovskyella Pospelova-Shtrom, 1950 (genus Ornithodoros Koch, 1844) (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae: Ornithodorinae): Apanaskevichiella gen. nov. for O. (P.) macmillani Hoogstraal & Kohls, 1966; and Australpavlovskyella gen. nov. for O. (P.) gurneyi. Zootaxa 5686 (3): 339-372, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5686.3.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5686.3.2
332A6C556B3E2231FF35F904FFDE45FF.taxon	etymology	Etymology: Apanaskevichiella gen. nov. is named for Dmitry Apanaskevich to acknowledge his substantial contribution to the taxonomy of ticks.	en	Barker, Stephen C., Kelava, Samuel, Shaw, Matthew David, Teo, Ernest J. M., Gofton, Alexander, Tan, Craig J., Barker, Dayana, Cho, Mingeun, Nakao, Ryo, Muñoz-Leal, Sebastián, Mans, Ben J. (2025): Two new genera for the Australian species of the subgenus Pavlovskyella Pospelova-Shtrom, 1950 (genus Ornithodoros Koch, 1844) (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae: Ornithodorinae): Apanaskevichiella gen. nov. for O. (P.) macmillani Hoogstraal & Kohls, 1966; and Australpavlovskyella gen. nov. for O. (P.) gurneyi. Zootaxa 5686 (3): 339-372, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5686.3.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5686.3.2
332A6C556B3E2231FF35F904FFDE45FF.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Australia. ZooBank: The Life Science Identifier (LSID) for Apanaskevichiella gen. nov. Barker, S. C. is http: // zoobank. org / urn: lsid: zoobank. org: pub: 734 F 423 B- 3 A 17 - 43 AF- 83 BA- 7 ED 940 E 7 AE 38	en	Barker, Stephen C., Kelava, Samuel, Shaw, Matthew David, Teo, Ernest J. M., Gofton, Alexander, Tan, Craig J., Barker, Dayana, Cho, Mingeun, Nakao, Ryo, Muñoz-Leal, Sebastián, Mans, Ben J. (2025): Two new genera for the Australian species of the subgenus Pavlovskyella Pospelova-Shtrom, 1950 (genus Ornithodoros Koch, 1844) (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae: Ornithodorinae): Apanaskevichiella gen. nov. for O. (P.) macmillani Hoogstraal & Kohls, 1966; and Australpavlovskyella gen. nov. for O. (P.) gurneyi. Zootaxa 5686 (3): 339-372, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5686.3.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5686.3.2
332A6C556B382231FF35FDE1FFDE4077.taxon	type_taxon	Type species: Australpavlovskyella gurneyi (Warburton, 1926), here designated.	en	Barker, Stephen C., Kelava, Samuel, Shaw, Matthew David, Teo, Ernest J. M., Gofton, Alexander, Tan, Craig J., Barker, Dayana, Cho, Mingeun, Nakao, Ryo, Muñoz-Leal, Sebastián, Mans, Ben J. (2025): Two new genera for the Australian species of the subgenus Pavlovskyella Pospelova-Shtrom, 1950 (genus Ornithodoros Koch, 1844) (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae: Ornithodorinae): Apanaskevichiella gen. nov. for O. (P.) macmillani Hoogstraal & Kohls, 1966; and Australpavlovskyella gen. nov. for O. (P.) gurneyi. Zootaxa 5686 (3): 339-372, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5686.3.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5686.3.2
332A6C556B382231FF35FDE1FFDE4077.taxon	materials_examined	Type depository: British Museum (Natural History) London, according to Keirans & Brewster (1981). Species: Australpavlovskyella gurneyi (Warburton, 1926). Material examined: Table 1.	en	Barker, Stephen C., Kelava, Samuel, Shaw, Matthew David, Teo, Ernest J. M., Gofton, Alexander, Tan, Craig J., Barker, Dayana, Cho, Mingeun, Nakao, Ryo, Muñoz-Leal, Sebastián, Mans, Ben J. (2025): Two new genera for the Australian species of the subgenus Pavlovskyella Pospelova-Shtrom, 1950 (genus Ornithodoros Koch, 1844) (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae: Ornithodorinae): Apanaskevichiella gen. nov. for O. (P.) macmillani Hoogstraal & Kohls, 1966; and Australpavlovskyella gen. nov. for O. (P.) gurneyi. Zootaxa 5686 (3): 339-372, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5686.3.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5686.3.2
332A6C556B382231FF35FDE1FFDE4077.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: Larva without spinose zone within or near Haller’s organ; dorsal plate absent; two pairs of postcoxal setae; 11 pairs of dorsolateral setae. Adults with cheeks (digitiform-like structures), dorsoventral groove and hood; preanal and postanal groove marked; median post-anal groove intersected by the transverse post-anal groove in the middle of its origin in the anal ring, so the intersection forms a sharp angle; tarsi I – III with three dorsal humps; metatarsi I – III with poorly developed humps.	en	Barker, Stephen C., Kelava, Samuel, Shaw, Matthew David, Teo, Ernest J. M., Gofton, Alexander, Tan, Craig J., Barker, Dayana, Cho, Mingeun, Nakao, Ryo, Muñoz-Leal, Sebastián, Mans, Ben J. (2025): Two new genera for the Australian species of the subgenus Pavlovskyella Pospelova-Shtrom, 1950 (genus Ornithodoros Koch, 1844) (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae: Ornithodorinae): Apanaskevichiella gen. nov. for O. (P.) macmillani Hoogstraal & Kohls, 1966; and Australpavlovskyella gen. nov. for O. (P.) gurneyi. Zootaxa 5686 (3): 339-372, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5686.3.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5686.3.2
332A6C556B382231FF35FDE1FFDE4077.taxon	etymology	Etymology: Australpavlovskyella gen. nov. is named in allusion to the geographical distribution of the species, which is restricted to Australasia.	en	Barker, Stephen C., Kelava, Samuel, Shaw, Matthew David, Teo, Ernest J. M., Gofton, Alexander, Tan, Craig J., Barker, Dayana, Cho, Mingeun, Nakao, Ryo, Muñoz-Leal, Sebastián, Mans, Ben J. (2025): Two new genera for the Australian species of the subgenus Pavlovskyella Pospelova-Shtrom, 1950 (genus Ornithodoros Koch, 1844) (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae: Ornithodorinae): Apanaskevichiella gen. nov. for O. (P.) macmillani Hoogstraal & Kohls, 1966; and Australpavlovskyella gen. nov. for O. (P.) gurneyi. Zootaxa 5686 (3): 339-372, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5686.3.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5686.3.2
332A6C556B382231FF35FDE1FFDE4077.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Australia. ZooBank: The Life Science Identifier (LSID) for Australpavlovskyella gen. nov. Barker, S. C. is http: // zoobank. org / urn: lsid: zoobank. org: pub: 734 F 423 B- 3 A 17 - 43 AF- 83 BA- 7 ED 940 E 7 AE 38	en	Barker, Stephen C., Kelava, Samuel, Shaw, Matthew David, Teo, Ernest J. M., Gofton, Alexander, Tan, Craig J., Barker, Dayana, Cho, Mingeun, Nakao, Ryo, Muñoz-Leal, Sebastián, Mans, Ben J. (2025): Two new genera for the Australian species of the subgenus Pavlovskyella Pospelova-Shtrom, 1950 (genus Ornithodoros Koch, 1844) (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae: Ornithodorinae): Apanaskevichiella gen. nov. for O. (P.) macmillani Hoogstraal & Kohls, 1966; and Australpavlovskyella gen. nov. for O. (P.) gurneyi. Zootaxa 5686 (3): 339-372, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5686.3.2, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5686.3.2
