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Card 31/90

Name

Ixodidae

tick

Framing

Phylum: Arthropoda

Subphylum: Chelicerata

Class: Arachnida

Subclass: Acari

Order: Ixodida

Family: Ixodidae

Habitat

Terrestrial

Feeding

Ectoparasite, on mammals, birds, and occasionally reptiles and amphibians. Hematophagous

Distribution

Present on all continents

Conservation status

Not evaluated

Additional information

Secondary body division into gnathosoma and idiosoma. Very little apparent segmentation or absent. With chelicerae, pedipalps and four pairs of walking legs

Additional information

Bibliography

- Estrada-Peña, A. (2015). Orden Ixodida: las garrapatas. Revista IDE@ - SEA, 13, 1-15. Accesible en: http://sea-entomologia.org/IDE@/revista_13.pdf 

- Francisco José Márquez-Jiménez, F.J., Hidalgo-Pontiveros, A., Contreras-Chova, F., Rodríguez-Liébana, J.J. & Muniain-Ezcurra, M.A. (2005). Las garrapatas (Acarina: Ixodida) como transmisores y reservorios de microorganismos patógenos en España. Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clinica, 23, 94-102. DOI: 10.1157/13071613