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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Mites and Ticks (Acari) » Parasitiformes » Ticks (Ixodida) » Hard Ticks (Ixodidae) » Dermacentor

Genus Dermacentor

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Internet References
Tick?? If so, the largest tick(s) I have ever seen!! - Dermacentor andersoni Tick?? If so, the largest tick(s) I have ever seen!! - Dermacentor andersoni American Dog Tick - Dermacentor variabilis - female Which Species? - Dermacentor tick - Dermacentor occidentalis - male dog tick - Dermacentor Tick on sock and shoe - Dermacentor Ixodidae - Hard Ticks - Dermacentor variabilis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Subclass Acari (Mites and Ticks)
Superorder Parasitiformes
Order Ixodida (Ticks)
Family Ixodidae (Hard Ticks)
Genus Dermacentor
Explanation of Names
Dermacentor Koch, 1844
Greek derma- "skin" + kentor- "that which stings, pricks or stabs"
Gender: Masculine
Range
widely dist. (BG data)
Internet References
Yunker et al., 1986. Dermacentor ticks (Acari: Ixodoidea: Ixodidae) of the New World, a scanning electron microscope atlas. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Washington, 88: 609-627 [former link now broken]
Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 23 April, 2005 - 9:51am
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, pfeiffer, Chuck Sexton
Last updated 27 June, 2020 - 10:26pm

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