Description of the female, nymph and larva and mitochondrial genome, and redescription of the male of Ixodes barkeri Barker, 2019 (Acari: Ixodidae), from the short-beaked echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus, with a consideration of the most suitable subgenus for this tick Author Barker, Dayana Author Kelava, Samuel Author Shao, Renfu Author Seeman, Owen D. Author Jones, Malcolm K. Author Nakao, Ryo Author Barker, Stephen C. Author Apanaskevich, Dmitry A. text Parasites & Vectors 2022 117 2022-04-01 15 1 1 18 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-022-05165-2 journal article 298676 10.1186/s13071-022-05165-2 c260cad4-49c0-4827-8e69-bf597c8a47ae 1756-3305 11552076

Table 1 Specimens studied (morphology and/or genetics) in the present study. ANIC, Australian National Insect Collection; FMNH, Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago, IL)

Species	Host	Life stage/s	Place name	State	Date	Latitude	Longitude	Altitude	Postcode	Collection	Collector	Collection	Lab—DNA	Genbank no.
					collected			(m)		no.			preparation
I.australiensis	Macropus fuliginosus	1F	Green Range	WA	16.10.2015	− 34.709878	118.413434	77	5153	B4930	SCB & DB	B&B	Nakao	OL597990
	(western
	grey kanga-
	roo)
I.fecialis	Isoodon obesulus	1F	Albany	WA	20.10.2015	− 35.051832	117.860732	ca. 10 m	6330	B4928a	Anne− Marie Horwitz &	B&B	Nakao	OL597993
	(southern										David For-
	brown ban-										shaw
	dicoot)
I.barkeri	Tachyglossus	1F	Tarzali	Qld	10.7.2017	− 17.43392	145.59726	768	4885	B5321- tube 1	A.Shima	B&B	NA	NA
	aculeatus
	(short-
	beaked
	echidna)
I.barkeri	Tachyglossus	3 M 3F	Tarzali	Qld	2016	− 17.43392	145.59726	768	4885	B5321- tube 3	A.Shima	B&B	NA	NA
	aculeatus
	(short-
	beaked
	echidna)
I.barkeri	Tachyglossus	34 N 2L	Tarzali	Qld	2016	− 17.43392	145.59726	768	4885	B5321- tube 2	A.Shima	B&B	Shao	OL597991
	aculeatus
	(short-
	beaked
	echidna)
I.barkeri	Tachyglossus	1 M	Topaz	Qld	2.7.2018	− 17.41452	145.71053	697	4885	B5322	A.Shima	B&B	Shao	OM302450
	aculeatus
	(short-
	beaked
	echidna)
I.barkeri	Vegetation	1 M (holotype)	Peeramon Scrub	Qld	9.12.1995	− 17.31667	145.61667	750	4885	B4994/ QM #MS	G. Monteith	QM	NA	NA
										109845
I.barkeri	Vegetation	1F	Mt Windsor Tableland	Qld	unknown	− 16.21271	144.99863	1,187	4871	B6736	unknown	FMNH	NA	NA
I.barkeri	Tachyglossus	1 M (paratype)	FNQ ("Cairns")	Qld	15.05.2013	− 16.920348	145.7709529	3	4870	B3421/ ANIC	I. Beveridge	ANIC	NA	NA
	aculeatus		(possibly							48005261
	(short-		Atherton
	beaked		Tableland)
	echidna)
					collected			(m)		no.			preparation
I.woylie	Isoodon obesulus	1F	Albany	WA	20.10.2015 (confirmed	− 35.051832	117.860732	ca. 10 m	6330	B4928b	Anne-Marie Horwitz &	B&B	Nakao	OL597992
	(southern				from label						David For-
	brown ban-				in vial by						shaw
	dicoot)				RN)