Ixodidae
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| Ixodidae | |
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| Ixodes ricinus (engorged) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Subclass: | Acari |
| Superorder: | Parasitiformes |
| Order: | Ixodida |
| Family: | Ixodidae C. L. Koch, 1844 |
Ixodidae is a family of ticks containing the hard ticks.
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[edit] Description
They are distinguished from the other main family of ticks, the soft ticks (Argasidae) by the presence of a scutum or hard shield.[1] Both nymphs and adults have a prominent capitulum (head) which projects forwards from the animal's body; in the Argasidae, conversely, the capitulum is concealed beneath the body.
[edit] Classification
There are 702 species in 14 genera,[2] some of which are of considerable economic importance as vectors of diseases such as Rickettsia and Borrelia.[1]
The family contains the following genera:[2]
- Amblyomma – 130 species (includes some of Aponomma)
- Anomalohimalaya – 3 species
- Bothriocroton – 7 species
- Cosmiomma – 1 species
- Cornupalpatum – 1 species
- Compluriscutula – 1 species
- Dermacentor – 34 species (includes Anocentor)
- Haemaphysalis – 166 species
- Hyalomma – 27 species
- Ixodes – 243 species
- Margaropus – 3 species
- Nosomma – 2 species
- Rhipicentor – 2 species
- Rhipicephalus – 82 species (includes Boophilus)
[edit] External links
Data related to Ixodidae at Wikispecies
Media related to Ixodidae at Wikimedia Commons
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- ^ a b D. H. Molyneux (1993). "Vectors". In Francis E. G. Cox. Modern parasitology: a textbook of parasitology (2nd ed.). Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 53–74. ISBN 9780632025855. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jj18axV3TTAC&pg=PA6.
- ^ a b Alberto A. Guglielmone, Richard G. Robbing, Dmitry A. Apanaskevich, Trevor N. Petney, Agustín Estrada-Peña, Ivan G. Horak, Renfu Shao & Stephen C. Barker (2010). "The Argasidae, Ixodidae and Nuttalliellidae (Acari: Ixodida) of the world: a list of valid species names" (PDF). Zootaxa 2528: 1–28. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/z02528p028f.pdf.
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