Ben J. Mans

Ben J. Mans, South African acarologist

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(List may be incomplete)

Mans, B.J., Featherston, J., Kvas, M., Pillay, K-A., Klerk, D.G. de, Pienaar, R., Castro, M.H. de, Schwan, T.G., Lopez, J.E., Teel, P., Pérez de León, A.A., Sonenshine, D.E., Egekwu, N.I., Bakkes, D.K., Heyne, H., Kanduma, E.G., Nyangiwe, N., Bouattour, A. & Latif, A.A. 2019. Argasid and ixodid systematics: Implications for soft tick evolution and systematics, with a new argasid species list. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 10(1): 219–240. DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2018.09.010 PDF Reference page.

Mans, B.J., Kelavad, S., Pienaara, R., Featherstone, J., Castro, M.H. de, Quetglas, J., Reeves, W.K., Durden, L.A., Miller, M.M., Laverty, T.M., Shao, R., Takano, A., Kawabata, H., Moustafa, M.A.M., Nakao, R., Matsuno, K., Greay, T.L., Evasco, K.L., Barker, D., Barker, S.C. 2021. Nuclear (18S-28S rRNA) and mitochondrial genome markers of Carios (Carios) vespertilionis (Argasidae) support Carios Latreille, 1796 as a lineage embedded in the Ornithodorinae: re-classification of the Carios sensu Klompen and Oliver (1993) clade into its respective subgenera. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 12: 101688. DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2021.101688 Reference page.

Mans, B.J. 2023. Paradigms in tick evolution. Trends in Parasitology 39(6): 475–486. DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2023.03.011

Mans, B.J., Chitimia-Dobler. L., Pienaar, R., Castro, M. de, Khan, M., Almutairi, M.M., Alouffi, A., Ali, A. 2024. Mitochondrial genome and nuclear ribosomal RNA analysis place Alveonasus lahorensis within the Argasinae and suggest that the genus Alveonasus is paraphyletic. Parasitology 1–10. DOI: 10.1017/S0031182024000441 Reference page.

Mans, B.J., Kelava, S., Doube, B.M., Shaw, M.D., Teo, E.J.M., Barker, D., Pienaar, R., Castro, M.H. de, Gofton, A., Nakao, R. & Barker, S.C. 2025. Independent lineages from five zoogeographic realms: the mitochondrial genome of Ornithodoros (Pavlovskyella) gurneyi Warburton, 1926 (Acari: Argasidae) confirms paraphyly of the subgenus Pavlovskyella Pospelova-Shtrom, 1950. Zootaxa 5665(3): 397–409. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5665.3.5 Reference page.