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Kolonin, G.V. (2009. Fauna of ixodid ticks of the world. http://www.kolonin.org/) ignores this genus. It is unclear whether he considers it invalid or whether he regards fossil genera as outside his frame of reference.
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Kolonin, G.V. (2009. Fauna of ixodid ticks of the world. http://www.kolonin.org/) ignores this genus. It is unclear whether he considers it invalid or whether he regards fossil genera as outside his frame of reference.
1 – C. burmanicum Poinar & Brown, 2003 (Syst. Parasitol., 54: 199–205)
Type depository: OSU? CAS? (holotype, paratype) (Poinar, G. & Brown, A.E. 2003. A new genus of hard ticks in Cretaceous Burmese amber (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae). Syst. Parasitol., 54: 199–205) state that the types, which were maintained at OSU, would be deposited in CAS; however, as of March 2013, they were not listed in the CAS fossil collection. (http//:researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/izg/fossil/index.asp/ accessed March 10, 2013)
Known stages: larva
Zoogeographic Region: undetermined
Ecoregion: undetermined
Hosts: unknown
Human infestation: no
Remarks: this species is of great phylogenetic importance because it is one of the oldest fossil Ixodidae (section Metastriata), dating from 100 mya. See also Compluriscutula vetulum.
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Poinar, G. & Brown, A.E. 2003. A new genus of hard ticks in Cretaceous Burmese amber (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodiae). Syst. Parasitol., 54: 199–205.
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Guglielmone, A.A., Robbins, R.G., Apanaskevich, D.A., Petney, T.N., Estrada-Peña, A., Horak, I.G. (2014). The Genus Cornupalpatum (Fossil). In: The Hard Ticks of the World. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7497-1_18
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