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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Mites and Ticks (Acari) » Parasitiformes » Ticks (Ixodida) » Hard Ticks (Ixodidae) » Dermacentor » Rocky Mountain Wood Tick (Dermacentor andersoni)

Species Dermacentor andersoni - Rocky Mountain Wood Tick

Classification · Range · Remarks · See Also · Internet References
Tick - Dermacentor andersoni - female Tick - Dermacentor andersoni - male 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 Tick?? If so, the largest tick(s) I have ever seen!! - Dermacentor andersoni Ixodidae - Dermacentor andersoni - male Blood sucking parasite? - Dermacentor andersoni A Tick. - Dermacentor andersoni
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 Dermacentor
Species andersoni (Rocky Mountain Wood Tick)
Range
Rocky Mountains of US and Canada, See map from CIESIN (Columbia University)
Remarks
This species is very similar in appearance to Dermacentor variabilis. This range map shows their separate ranges, which may be used to identify them.
See Also
Dermacentor variabilis
Internet References
Rocky Mountain wood tick
Forestry Images
Green Valley Pest Control
Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 30 May, 2006 - 12:33pm
Last updated 1 June, 2006 - 7:36am

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