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Definition of ixodes in English English dictionary
- See Tick, the insect
- type genus of the family Ixodidae
- A genus of parasitic Acarina, which includes various species of ticks
- ixodes dammini
- a northeastern tick now recognized as same species as Ixodes scapularis
- ixodes dentatus
- usually does not bite humans; transmits Lyme disease spirochete to cottontail rabbits and wood rats
- ixodes neotomae
- a tick that usually does not bite humans; transmits Lyme disease spirochete to dusky-footed wood rats
- ixodes pacificus
- feeds on dusky-footed wood rat and bites humans; principal vector for Lyme disease in western United States especially northern California
- ixodes persulcatus
- bites humans; a vector for Lyme disease spirochete
- ixodes scapularis
- parasitic on mice of genus Peromyscus and bites humans; principal vector for Lyme disease in eastern United States (especially New England); northern form was for a time known as Ixodes dammini (deer tick)
- ixodes spinipalpis
- usually does not bite humans; transmits Lyme disease spirochete to cottontail rabbits and wood rats
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