Ixodes
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Used for
black legged tick, castor bean tick, deer tick, eastern deer tick, hard tick
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Scope Note
largest genus of ticks in the family Ixodidae, containing over 200 species; many infest humans and other mammals and several are vectors of diseases such as Lyme disease, tick-borne encephalitis and Kyasanur forest disease.
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- Of these ticks, only Ixodes is eyeless.
- is a Kind of Ixodes, genus Ixodes is a kind of: arthropod genus — a genus of arthropods Members of .
- cl Among the members of the family Ixodidae the genus Ixodes is the largest taxon and is represented by about 250 species (Keirans & Clifford 1978).
- The New Latin word Ixodes is in turn probably borrowed from a Greek word.
- Experiment Station, New Haven - 72 pages, 24,038KB) Tick Removal Image: Ixodes scapularis tick From left to right: The deer tick (Ixodes scapularis) adult female, adult male, nymph, and larva on a centimeter scale.
- This disease organism is vectored principally by a hard tick, Ixodes dammini, which commonly attacks white-tailed deer.
- Ixodes dammini as a potential vector of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis.
- Vector competence of Ixodes angustus (Acari: Ixodidae) for Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto.
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