Apanaskevichiella
Genus of tick
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Apanaskevichiella, is a genus of argasid soft tick belonging to the family Argasidae. The genus is monotypic containing a single species Apanaskevichiella macmillani, the McMillans Australian tree-hollow argasid.[2] It is a parasite found on Cockatoos in Australia.
| Apanaskevichiella | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Ixodida |
| Family: | Argasidae |
| Genus: | Apanaskevichiella Barker et al., 2025 |
| Species: | A. macmillani |
| Binomial name | |
| Apanaskevichiella macmillani | |
Taxonomy
The species was described as Ornithodoros macmillani by Hoogstraal & Kohls in 1966.[1] It was later revised as Apanaskevichiella macmillani (Hoogstraal & Kohls, 1966)[3]