Genus Ixodes

Classification · Explanation of Names

male Deer Tick - Ixodes scapularis - male

Tick of some kind - Ixodes scapularis - female

Ixodes scapularis - larva - ventral view - Ixodes scapularis

Blacklegged Tick - Ixodes scapularis - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Subclass Acari (Mites and Ticks)

Superorder Parasitiformes

Order Ixodida (Ticks)

Family Ixodidae (Hard Ticks)

Genus Ixodes

Explanation of Names

Greek ixos(ιξος)- "birdlime" (a sticky substance put on places where birds perched in order to trap them) + -odes (-ωδης)- a variant of -oides(οιδης)- "like, resembling" (only seen as an ending).

Gender: Masculine

Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 21 June, 2005 - 2:24pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz
Last updated 4 March, 2006 - 9:51pm

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