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==Description== |
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They are distinguished from the other main family of ticks, the ''soft ticks'' ([[Argasidae]]) by the presence of a ''scutum'' or hard shield.<ref name="Cox">{{cite book |editor=Francis E. G. Cox |year=1993 |title=Modern parasitology: a textbook of parasitology |edition=2nd |publisher=[[Wiley-Blackwell]] |isbn= |
They are distinguished from the other main family of ticks, the ''soft ticks'' ([[Argasidae]]) by the presence of a ''scutum'' or hard shield.<ref name="Cox">{{cite book |editor=Francis E. G. Cox |year=1993 |title=Modern parasitology: a textbook of parasitology |edition=2nd |publisher=[[Wiley-Blackwell]] |isbn=978-0-632-02585-5 |author=D. H. Molyneux |chapter=Vectors |pages=53–74 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jj18axV3TTAC&pg=PA6}}</ref> Both nymphs and adults have a prominent ''capitulum'' (head) which projects forwards from the animal's body; in the Argasidae, conversely, the capitulum is concealed beneath the body. |
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Revision as of 02:26, 25 March 2012
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Ixodidae is a family of ticks containing the hard ticks.
Description
They are distinguished from the other main family of ticks, the soft ticks (Argasidae) by the presence of a scutum or hard shield.[1] Both nymphs and adults have a prominent capitulum (head) which projects forwards from the animal's body; in the Argasidae, conversely, the capitulum is concealed beneath the body.
Classification
There are 702 species in 14 genera,[2] some of which are of considerable economic importance as vectors of diseases such as Rickettsia and Borrelia.[1]
The family contains the following genera:[2]
- Amblyomma – 130 species (includes some of Aponomma)
- Anomalohimalaya – 3 species
- Bothriocroton – 7 species
- Cosmiomma – 1 species
- Cornupalpatum – 1 species
- Compluriscutula – 1 species
- Dermacentor – 34 species (includes Anocentor)
- Haemaphysalis – 166 species
- Hyalomma – 27 species
- Ixodes – 243 species
- Margaropus – 3 species
- Nosomma – 2 species
- Rhipicentor – 2 species
- Rhipicephalus – 82 species (includes Boophilus)
External links
References
- ^ a b D. H. Molyneux (1993). "Vectors". In Francis E. G. Cox (ed.). Modern parasitology: a textbook of parasitology (2nd ed.). Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 53–74. ISBN 978-0-632-02585-5.
- ^ a b Alberto A. Guglielmone, Richard G. Robbing, Dmitry A. Apanaskevich, Trevor N. Petney, Agustín Estrada-Peña, Ivan G. Horak, Renfu Shao & Stephen C. Barker (2010). "The Argasidae, Ixodidae and Nuttalliellidae (Acari: Ixodida) of the world: a list of valid species names" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2528: 1–28.
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