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BugGuide Gathering
Smoky Mountains
University of Tennessee Biological Field Station
August 8-10, 2008
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Photos from the last gathering (Minnesota 2007)

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Superorder Parasitiformes

Phylum Arthropoda - Arthropods
Class Arachnida - Arachnids
Subclass Acari - Mites and Ticks
Superorder Parasitiformes

Order Ixodida - Ticks
Family Argasidae - Soft Ticks
Family Ixodidae - Hard Ticks
Genus Amblyomma
Species maculatum - Gulf Coast Ear Tick
Species americanum - Lone Star Tick
Genus Dermacentor
Species andersoni - Rocky Mountain Wood Tick
Species variabilis - American Dog Tick
Species occidentalis - Pacific Coast Tick
Genus Ixodes
Species pacificus - Western Black-legged Tick
Species scapularis - Deer Tick
Genus Rhipicephalus
Species sanguineus - Brown Dog Tick
Order Mesostigmata
Suborder Parasitina
Superfamily Parasitoidea
Suborder Epicriina
Superfamily Epicrioidea
Family Zerconidae
Genus Prozercon
Suborder Antennophorina
Superfamily Megisthanoidea
Family Megisthanidae
Genus Megisthanus
Species floridanus - Megisthanus floridanus
Superfamily Antennophoroidea
Superfamily Celaenopsoidea
Suborder Dermanyssina
Superfamily Rhodacaroidea
Superfamily Dermanyssoidea
Family Macronyssidae
Genus Ornithonyssus
Species sylviarum - Ornithonyssus sylviarum
Species bacoti - Tropical rat mite
Family Varroidae
Genus Varroa
Suborder Uropodina
Superfamily Uropodoidea
Family Uropodidae