Template:Did you know nominations/Amblyomma sphenodonti
- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 11:31, 18 July 2018 (UTC)
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Amblyomma sphenodonti
[edit]- ... that the adult tuatara tick Amblyomma sphenodonti can survive for over one year without its reptilan host? Source: "Longevity - unfed larvae observed to live at least 177 days, unfed females 405 and males 586." [1] )
- ALT1:... that the tuatara tick Amblyomma sphenodonti is less widespread than its host and does not survive translocation? Source: "in the recent transfer of 70 tuataras to Karori wildlife sanctuary the ticks naturally disappeared. The most logical explanation is that the ticks detached from their host as part of their life-cycle but with insufficient tuatara roaming the new sanctuary they were unable to reacquaint themselves with a suitable host." (Pawson, Steve. "Nervous Tick". New Zealand Geographic.)
- ALT2: ... that the adult tuatara tick Amblyomma sphenodonti can survive for over one year without feeding on tuatara blood? Source: "Longevity - unfed larvae observed to live at least 177 days, unfed females 405 and males 586." [2] and Source: "Amblyomma sphenodonti, of ....., the blood-sucking ectoparasitic tick" (Pawson, Steve. "Nervous Tick". New Zealand Geographic.)
- ALT1:... that the tuatara tick Amblyomma sphenodonti is less widespread than its host and does not survive translocation? Source: "in the recent transfer of 70 tuataras to Karori wildlife sanctuary the ticks naturally disappeared. The most logical explanation is that the ticks detached from their host as part of their life-cycle but with insufficient tuatara roaming the new sanctuary they were unable to reacquaint themselves with a suitable host." (Pawson, Steve. "Nervous Tick". New Zealand Geographic.)
Created by Markanderson72 (talk). Self-nominated at 22:46, 6 July 2018 (UTC).
- I now have an image for nomination too - Tuatara tick3.jpg Markanderson72 (talk) 00:36, 7 July 2018 (UTC)
- Starting review--Kevmin § 16:05, 8 July 2018 (UTC)
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- for alt0, "adult" should be added, since the unfed larvae only live up to 177 days
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looking good so far, Alt0 just needs the minor wording change I think Kevmin § 16:50, 8 July 2018 (UTC)
- Alt2 looks good to go, everything checks out for the nomination now--Kevmin § 20:51, 8 July 2018 (UTC)
Hi, I came by to promote this, but do not understand why the link for tuatara is being put at the end, when it's also mentioned at the beginning, of the hook? Yoninah (talk) 21:50, 17 July 2018 (UTC)- Tuatara tick is a vernacular name for the tick and not the lizard, it would be inappropriate to put the link on that instance of the word, as it would misdirect readers from the tick article.--Kevmin §
- have removed link to tuatara - happy either in or out. Thanks for both your comments Markanderson72 (talk) 07:59, 18 July 2018 (UTC)
