Interesting Facts
- According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Lyme disease is now the most common vector-borne infection in humans in the United States. More than 16,000 cases of Lyme disease were reported to the CDC in 1999. In the eastern and central U. S. the blacklegged tick, often referred to as the deer tick, is the species responsible for transmitting B . burgdorferi to humans and other vertebrate hosts.
Common Names
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Common Names in Dutch:
Hertenteek
Common Names in English:
Black Legged Tick, Blacklegged Tick, Deer Tick, Northern Deer Tick
Common Names in French:
Tique Aux Pattes Noires
Biology
Diet
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Arachnomorpha
()
- Heider, 1913
- Infraphylum:
Cheliceriformes
()
- Superclass:
Chelicerata
()
- Epiclass:
Euchelicerata
()
- Class:
Arachnida
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Arachnids
- Subclass:
Acari
()
- Leach, 1817
- Mites and Ticks
- Superorder:
Parasitiformes
()
- Reuter, 1909
- Superorder:
Parasitiformes
(
- Subclass:
Acari
(
- Class:
Arachnida
(
- Epiclass:
Euchelicerata
(
- Superclass:
Chelicerata
(
- Infraphylum:
Cheliceriformes
(
- Subphylum:
Arachnomorpha
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Ixodes (Ixodes) Dammini Spielman Et Al. , 1979
- Ixodes (Ixodes) Scapularis Neumann, 1911
- Ixodes dammini Spielman Et Al. , 1979
- Ixodes fuscous Say, 1821
- Ixodes fuscus Neumann, 1911
- Ixodes ozarkus Cooley, 1944
- Ixodes pratti Banks, 1908
- Ixodes reduvius Neumann, 1899
- Ixodes ricinus scapularis Nuttall and Warburton, 1911
- Ixodes ricinus v. scapularis Nuttall and Warburton, 1911
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Horak I.G., 03-Jan-2004
Similar Species
Members of the genus Ixodes
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 256 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
I. abrocomae · I. acuminatus (Southern Rodent Tick) · I. acutitarsus · I. affinis · I. albignaci · I. alluaudi · I. amarali · I. amersoni · I. anatis (Kiwi Tick) · I. andinus · I. angustus · I. antechini · I. apronophorus (Marsh Tick) · I. arabukiensis · I. aragaoi · I. arboricola (Tree-Hole Tick) · I. arebiensis · I. asanumai · I. aulacodi · I. auriculaelongae · I. auritulus · I. australiensis · I. baergi · I. bakeri · I. banksi · I. bedfordi · I. bequaerti · I. berlesei · I. bivari · I. boliviensis · I. brewsterae · I. browningi · I. brumpti · I. brunneus · I. calcarhebes · I. caledonicus (Northern Bird Tick) · I. canisuga (Dog Tick) · I. capromydis · I. catherinei · I. cavipalpus · I. ceylonensis · I. chilensis · I. cinctus · I. colasbelcouri · I. collocaliae · I. columnae · I. conepati · I. confusus · I. cookei (American Castor Bean Tick) · I. cooleyi · I. copei · I. cordifer · I. cornuae · I. cornuatus (Tasmanian Paralysis Tick) · I. corwini · I. crenulatus · I. cuernavacensis · I. cumulatimpunctatus · I. dammini · I. dampfi · I. daveyi · I. dawesi · I. dendrolagi · I. dentatus · I. dicei · I. didelphidis · I. diomedeae · I. diversifossus · I. djaronensis · I. domerguei · I. downsi · I. drakensbergensis · I. eadsi · I. eastoni · I. eichhorni · I. eldaricus · I. elongatus · I. eudyptidis (New Zealand Seabird Tick) · I. euplecti · I. evansi · I. fecialis · I. festai (Festa's North African Russet Tick) · I. filippovae · I. flavidus · I. fossulatus · I. frontalis (Passerine Tick) · I. fuscipes · I. galapagoensis · I. ghilarovi · I. gibbosus · I. granulatus · I. gregsoni · I. guatemalensis · I. hearlei · I. heinrichi · I. hexagonus (European Dog Tick) · I. himalayensis (Himalayan Small-Mammal Ixodid) · I. hirsti (Hirst's Marsupial Tick) · I. holocyclus (Australian Paralysis Tick) · I. hoogstraali
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Further Reading
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) ENG url p. 12, p. 6.
- Camicas, J.-L., Hervy, J.-P.; Adam, F. and amp; Morel, P.-C. (1998): Les Tiques du monde (Acarida, Ixodida), Institut Francais de Recherche Scientifique pour le Developpement en Cooperation, Paris
- Entomological news. [Philadelphia]American Entomological Society, 1925- ENG url p. 165, p. 167, p. 238, p. 251, p. 272, p. 52, p. 55, p. 56, p. 86.
- Experiment station record. Washington: G.P.O., 1889-1946. ENG url p. 562, p. 865.
- Handbook of medical entomology [by] Wm. A. Riley and O. A. Johannsen. Ithaca, N. Y., The Comstock publishing company, 1915. ENG url p. 66.
- Journal of economic entomology. [College Park, Md., etc.]Entomological Society of America [etc.] ENG url p. 253, p. 406, p. 407, p. 408, p. 409, p. 411, p. 414, p. 424, p. 43, p. 48.
- Mires de la Soci zoologique de France. Paris: Au Siege de la Soci, 1888- FRE url p. 358.
- Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. [Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia] ENG url p. 144, p. 877.
- Selected vertebrate endangered species of the seacoast of the United States / prepared by National Fish and Wildlife Laboratory, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. [Washington]: The Service: [for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1980. ENG url p. 8.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 31, 2006.
- TicksBase 5.6, 2005.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5433868
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Tic-702
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1765978
