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Narrative
Wood Tick family (Ixodidae) is one of the two families called hard ticks. (The other family is called Nutalliellidae). The hard ticks can be identified by the hard plate on the top side of the tick. Although as of l997, this group of ticks was not known to carry Lyme Disease, this family does carry other diseases such as Rocky Mountain Fever. Some of the common United States species are as follows:
Dermacentor andersoni - NW USA - Rky. Mnt. Spotted Fever Tick
Dermacentor albipictus - NY - Texas - Winter Horse Tick
Dermacentor halli
Dermacentor hunteri
Dermacentor occidentalis - Calif. - Pacific Tick
Dermacentor parumapertus
Dermacentor variabilis - E of Rockies - American Dog Tick
Taxonomy
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Latin
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English
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Kingdom
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Animalia
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Animal
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Phylum
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Arthropoda
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Jointed Legged Animals
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Class
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Arachnidae
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Spiders And Scorpions
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Order
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Acarina
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Ticks And Mites
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Family
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Ixodidae
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Ticks - Wood
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SubFamily
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References
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| Genus | Species |
| Cytheitis | rhodopteron |
| Cytheitis | schultzei |
| Graphium | arcesilaus |
| Graphium | earis |
| Graphium | hipparchus |
| Graphium | iphitas |
| Graphium | orthosilaus |
| Iphimedeia | niepelti |
| Iphimedeia | richardus |
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