Cryptocroton
| Cryptocroton | |
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| Female Cryptocroton papuanum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Ixodida |
| Family: | Ixodidae |
| Genus: | Cryptocroton Barker & Barker, 2024 |
| Species: | C. papuanum
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| Binomial name | |
| Cryptocroton papuanum (Hirst, 1914)
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Cryptocroton papuanum is a species of tick native to New Guinea, and Northern Queensland. Specimens have been found on ground-feeding birds, such as cassowaries and crowned pigeons, as well as on short-beaked echidnas. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Cryptocroton.