Ixodes rugicollis Schulze et Schlottke, 1929
(a tick)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesIxodes rugicollis (a tick)
GenusIxodes (hard ticks)
FamilyIXODIDAE (hard ticks)
OrderIXODIDA (ticks)
SuperorderPARASITIFORMES (parasitiform mites)
SubclassACARI (mites)
ClassARACHNIDA (mites, spiders, false scorpions, harvestmen etc.)
SubphylumCHELICERATA (a subphylum of arthropods)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Christian, A. 2010 Tick infestation (Ixodes) on feral Mink (Neovison vison) in central Germany Soil Organisms Vol 82 (2): 209-216.
Siuda, K., Nowak, M. & Gierczak, M. 2010 Confirmation of occurrence of Ixodes (Pholeoixodes) rugicollis Schulze et Schlottke, 1929 (Acari: Ixodidae) in Poland, including the morphological description and diagnostic features of this species Wiadomooeci Parazytologiczne Vol 56 (1): 77-80.

Ixodes rugicollis (a tick) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Ixodes rugicollis (a tick)
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