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Subgenus "Borreliella"
Name: "Borreliella" (Adeolu and Gupta 2015) Margos et al. 2025
Etymology: Bor.re.li.el’la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Borreliella, named after the genus Borrelia
Pronunciation, gender: bor-re-li-EL-la, feminine (stem: Borreliell-)
Original 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. 
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
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Notes:
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🧕 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".
- 😵 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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🧕 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.
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Record number: 67070
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