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Ali, Abid;Almutairi, Mashal M.;Robbins, Richard G.;Chitimia-Dobler, Lidia;Ullah, Shafi

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Dermacentor

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.

Species

American Dog Tick

GENUS

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassArachnida
OrderIxodida
FamilyIxodidae

Observations29,496

Observations recorded51,014

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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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Image: Dermacentor occidentalis -Harmony Headlands State Park, California, USA-8.jpg

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Commons category: Dermacentor
taxon name: Dermacentor

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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.