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Encyclopedia > Ixodes scapularis
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Deer tick

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Acari
Family: Ixodidae
Genus: Ixodes
Species: I. scapularis
Binomial name
Ixodes scapularis
Say, 1821

Ixodes scapularis, known as the deer tick or black-legged tick is a hard-bodied tick (family Ixodidae) of the eastern United States. It is a vector for several diseases of animals and humans (e.g., Lyme disease, babesiosis, etc). Download high resolution version (640x766, 97 KB)Adult deer tick from http://www. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. ... Animalia redirects here. ... Subphyla and Classes Subphylum Trilobitomorpha Trilobita - trilobites (extinct) Subphylum Chelicerata Arachnida - spiders,scorpions, etc. ... Orders See text. ... Families Tetranychidae - Spider mites Eriophyidae - Gall mites Sarcoptidae - Sarcoptic Mange mites The mites and ticks, order Acarina or Acari, belong to the Arachnida and are among the most diverse and successful of all the invertebrate groups, although some way behind the insects. ... A male Ixodes ricinus tick (smaller) copulating with a female tick (larger) Ixodid or hard ticks are ticks of the family Ixodae. ... Species Ixodes holocyclus Ixodes scapularis Ixodes pacificus Ixodes ricinus Ixodes is a genus of hard-bodied ticks (family Ixodidae). ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ... Thomas Say. ... Families Ixodidae - Hard ticks Argasidae - Soft ticks Nuttalliellidae Wikispecies has information related to: Ixodoidea Tick is the common name for the small arachnids that, along with other mites, constitute the order Acarina. ... A male Ixodes ricinus tick (smaller) copulating with a female tick (larger) Ixodid or hard ticks are ticks of the family Ixodae. ... Lyme disease(Borreliosis) is a bacterial infection with a spirochete from the species complex Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, which is most often acquired from the bite of an infected Ixodes tick. ... Babesiosis is a parasitic disease caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Babesia, which belongs to the phylum Apicomplexa. ...

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