Ixodes

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Ixodes
Ixodus ricinus 5x.jpg
Ixodes ricinus, engorged
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Ixodes

Latreille, 1795 [1]
Type species
Acarus ricinus

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Ixodes is a genus of hard-bodied ticks (family Ixodidae). It includes important disease vectors of animals and humans (tick-borne disease), and some species (notably Ixodes holocyclus) inject toxins that can cause paralysis. Some ticks in this genus may transmit the pathogenic bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi[3] responsible for causing Lyme disease. Additional organisms that may be transmitted by Ixodes are parasites from the genus Babesia which cause babesiosis, and bacteria from the related genera Anaplasma which cause anaplasmosis.

Species

The following species are recognised within the genus Ixodes:[4]

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External links

  • Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Ixodes at Wikispecies