Name: Borreliella (Adeolu and Gupta 2015) Margos et al. 2026

Category: Subgenus

Proposed as: subgen. nov.

Etymology: Bor.re.li.el’la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Borreliella, named after the genus Borrelia

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: bor-re-li-EL-la, feminine (stem: Borreliell-)

Effective publication: Margos G, Stevenson B, Birtles R, Gofton A, Talagrand-Reboul E, Goeker M, Fingerle V. Proposing a subgenus Borreliella. Ticks Tick Borne Dis 2025; 16:102536. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 227. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:6989.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Margos et al. (2025) assigned this subgenus to the genus Borrelia Swellengrebel 1907 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Margos G, Stevenson B, Birtles R, Gofton A, Talagrand-Reboul E, Goeker M, Fingerle V. Proposing a subgenus Borreliella. Ticks Tick Borne Dis 2025; 16:102536. 🇩🇪
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Boreliella"; "Borelliella"; "Borreiella".
  • 😵 The taxonomic category of this name is not currently in use in the LPSN hierarchy. For this reason, this name does not have a parent taxon and does not have child taxa.

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Record number: 70443