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Dermacentor
Sign in to saveDermacentor is a genus of ticks in the family Ixodidae, the hard ticks. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with native species on all continents except Australia.
Species
American Dog Tick
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderIxodida
- FamilyIxodidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 146
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Ixodidae
- Collections
- INHS, FCB-UANL, INDRE-SSA, NMSU, UAM
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico, Indonesia
Research
3,246 papers- Dermacentor reticulatus: a vector on the rise.Parasites & vectors · 2016
- Dermacentor variabilis (American dog tick).Trends in parasitology · 2024
- Dermacentor-borne necrosis erythema lymphadenopathy (DEBONEL) due to Rickettsia raoultii in a patient with erythema migrans.Journal of travel medicine · 2023
- Dermacentor reticulatus is a vector of tick-borne encephalitis virus.Ticks and tick-borne diseases · 2020
- Spotted fever group rickettsiae transmitted by Dermacentor ticks and determinants of their spread in Europe.Annals of agricultural and environmental medicine : AAEM · 2020
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- Dermacentor occidentalis -Harmony Headlands State Park, California, USA-8.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
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Dermacentor is a genus of ticks in the family Ixodidae, the hard ticks. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with native species on all continents except Australia.
Hosts of Dermacentor ticks include many large and small mammals, including horses, deer, cattle, lagomorphs, peccaries, porcupines, tapirs, desert bighorn sheep, and humans. The American dog tick (D. variabilis) is a member of the genus.
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