Ixodidae


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Related to Ixodidae: Argasidae, family Ixodidae
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Noun1.Ixodidae - hard ticks
arthropod family - any of the arthropods
Acarina, order Acarina - mites and ticks
hard tick, ixodid - ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head
genus Ixodes, Ixodes - type genus of the family Ixodidae
Dermacentor, genus Dermacentor - vectors of important diseases of man and animals
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Ectoparasites included ticks, Ixodidae; mites, Ornithonyssus sylviarum; fleas, Psyttopsylla mexicana; lice, Paragoniocotes mexicanus, Heteromenopon sp, and Psittacobrosus sp; and bugs, Ornithocoris sp.
ticks (Arachnida: Ixodidae) with identification of four previously
Surveillance for blacklegged ticks, Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae), in Manitoba, a non-endemic area of central Canada.
Microclimate-dependent survival of unfed adult Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) in nature: life cycle and study design implications.
Tick biology--There are three families of ticks recognized in the world today: (1) Ixodidae (hard ticks), (2) Argasidae (soft ticks), and (3) Nuttalliellidae, a small, curious, little-known group with some characteristics of both hard and soft ticks (Varma, 1993).
Rickettsia parkeri (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae) detected in ticks of the Amblyomma maculatum (Acari: Ixodidae) group collected from multiple locations in southern Arizona.
Es transmitida por garrapatas de la familia Ixodidae (Burgdorfer, Hayes, & Corwin, 1989), siendo Ixodes ricinus el vector mas comun en la transmision de la infeccion en Europa e I.