Kingdom Animalia Family Ixodidae Genus Ixodes Order Acari | Class Arachnida Phylum Arthropoda Rank Species | |
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Similar Ixodes, Deer tick, Ixodes persulcatus, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Dermacentor | ||
Engorged ixodes pacificus tick lyme disease
Ixodes pacificus, the Western black-legged tick, is a species of Ixodes, a parasitic tick found on the western coast of North America. It is the principal vector of Lyme Disease in that region.
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Ixodes pacificus Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA