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Ixodes scapularis Say, 1821

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Arachnida
order
Ixodida
family
Ixodidae
genus
Ixodes
species
Ixodes scapularis

Name

Synonyms
Ixodes dammini Spielman et al., 1979
Ixodes fuscous Say, 1821
Ixodes fuscus Neumann, 1911
Ixodes ozarkus Cooley, 1944
Ixodes reduvius Neumann, 1899
Ixodes ricinus scapularis Nuttall & Warburton, 1911
Ixodes ricinus var. scapularis Nuttall & Warburton, 1911
Ixodes scapularis Neumann, 1911
Homonyms
Ixodes scapularis Say, 1821
Ixodes scapularis Mégnin, 1880
Ixodes scapularis Neumann, 1911
Common names
Black Legged Tick in English
Black Legged Tick in English
Black legged tick in English
Black legged tick in English
Blacklegged Tick in English
Blacklegged Tick in English
Hertenteek in Dutch
Hertenteek in Dutch
Northern Deer Tick in English
Northern Deer Tick in English
Northern deer tick in English
Northern deer tick in English
Tique aux pattes noires in French
Tique aux pattes noires in French
blacklegged tick in English
Eastern Black-legged Tick in English
Eastern Black-legged Tick in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Durden, Lance A., Kimberlee B. Beckmen, and Robert F. Gerlach, 2016: New Records of Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) From Dogs, Cats, Humans, and Some Wild Vertebrates in Alaska: Invasion Potential. Journal of Medical Entomology, vol. 53, no. 6. 1391-1395.
  2. Guglielmone, Alberto A., Richard G. Robbins, Dmitry A. Apanaskevich, Trevor N. Petney, et al., 2010: The Argasidae, Ixodidae and Nuttalliellidae (Acari: Ixodida) of the world: a list of valid species names. Zootaxa, vol. 2528. 1-28.
  3. Guglielmone, Alberto A., Richard G. Robbins, Dmitry A. Apanaskevich, Trevor N. Petney, et al., 2014: null. The Hard Ticks of the World (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae). xiii + 738.
  4. Lindquist, Evert E., Terry D. Galloway, Harvey Artsob, L. Robbin Lindsay, Michael Drebot, et al., 2016: A Handbook to the Ticks of Canada (Ixodida: Ixodidae, Argasidae). Biological Survey of Canada Monograph Series, no. 7. v + 317.
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