Bothriocroton
| Bothriocroton Temporal range:
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| Light micrograph of female B. undatum. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Ixodida |
| Family: | Ixodidae |
| Subfamily: | Bothriocrotoninae |
| Genus: | Bothriocroton Keirans, King & Sharrad, 1994 |
| Type species | |
| B. glebopalma Keirans, King & Sharrad, 1994
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| Ixodidae cladogram after Barker et al., (2024) |
Bothriocroton is a genus of hard ticks. There are seven extant member species, native to Australia and New Guinea. Bothriocroton species typically parasitise monotremes, marsupials, and reptiles.