Views of male (top, mid) and engorged female (bottom) of D. draculi
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Chelicerata
Class:
Arachnida
Order:
Ixodida
Family:
†Deinocrotonidae Peñalver, Arillo, Anderson and Pérez-de la Fuente, 2017
Genus:
†Deinocroton Peñalver, Arillo, Anderson and Pérez-de la Fuente, 2017
Type species
Deinocroton draculi
Peñalver, Arillo, Anderson and Pérez-de la Fuente, 2017
Other species
Deinocroton copia Chitimia-Dobler, Mans, Handschuh and Dunlop, 2022
Deinocroton is an extinct genus of tick. It is known from two species found in Burmese amber, dating to the earliest part of the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous, around 99 million years ago. Amongst the oldest ticks known, it is distinct from the main two living families of ticks, Ixodidae (hard bodied) and Argasidae (soft bodied), as well as Nuttalliella, and has been placed in the monotypic family Deinocrotonidae.
Deinocroton is an extinct genus of tick. It is known from two species found in Burmese amber, dating to the earliest part of the Cenomanian stage of the...
amber, and various ticks found in Burmese amber, including Khimaira and Deinocroton, which do not belong to any living family of tick, and members of the...
Name Novelty Status Authors Age Type locality Country Notes Images Deinocroton bicornis Sp. nov Valid Chitimia-Dobler, Dunlop & Mans in Chitimia-Dobler...
species and was inspired by Count Dracula in Bram Stoker's novel." †Deinocroton draculi Peñalver, et al, 2017 Tick Count Dracula "Patronym for the main...
& Brown 2003 An ixodid tick Deinocroton copia Chitimia-Dobler, Mans & Dunlop in Chitimia-Dobler et al. 2022 Deinocroton draculi Peñalver, Arillo, Anderson...
Burmese amber Myanmar A spider belonging to the family Tetrablemmidae. Deinocroton copia Sp. nov Valid Chitimia-Dobler, Mans & Dunlop in Chitimia-Dobler...
member of the family Zoropsidae. The type species is C. palpussutura. Deinocroton Gen. et sp. nov Valid Peñalver, Arillo, Anderson & Pérez-de la Fuente...
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