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

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Order Ixodida - Ticks

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 americanum - Lone Star Tick
Species maculatum - Gulf Coast Tick
Genus Dermacentor
Species andersoni - Rocky Mountain Wood Tick
Species variabilis - American Dog Tick
Species occidentalis - Pacific Coast Tick
Genus Ixodes
Species banksi - Ixodes banksi
Species marxi - Squirrel Tick
Species pacificus - Western Black-legged Tick
Species scapularis - Blacklegged Tick
Genus Rhipicephalus
Species sanguineus - Brown Dog Tick