Species Dermacentor occidentalis - Pacific Coast Tick

Classification · Range · Print References · Works Cited

Pacific Coast Tick - Dermacentor occidentalis - female

Pacific Coast Tick - Dermacentor occidentalis - male

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 occidentalis (Pacific Coast Tick)

Range

This species is known only from California, Oregon, and northern Baja California (Mexico)

Print References

(1)

Furman, D.P. and E.C. Loomis. The Ticks of California. Bull. of the Calif. Insect Survey #25 (1984)- Available as PDF

Works Cited

1.	Insects of the Los Angeles Basin, 2nd edition By Charles L. Hogue

Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 1 March, 2007 - 1:22pm

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