IXODIDA
(ticks)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
images
No of
ID refs
Female (Click to open)
Family 1 subtaxa 4 images
Family 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Female (Click to open)
Family 6 subtaxa 32 images 9 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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
Hillyard, P.D. 1996 Ticks of North-West Europe Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 52, 178pp, Field Studies Council
Senevet, G. 1937 *** Ixodidés ***(Superseded) Faune de France, Faune No 32, 91pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel

IXODIDA (ticks) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for IXODIDA (ticks)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 126 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for IXODIDA (ticks)
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