Species
Dermacentor occidentalis (Pacific coast tick)
Dermacentor occidentalis. Photo: (c) Jesus Garcia, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Dermacentor, also known as the American Levi tick, is a genus of ticks in the family Ixodidae, the hard ticks. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with native species on all continents except Australia. Most occur in the Nearctic ecozone.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Subphylum: Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
- Class: Arachnida (Arachnids)
- Subclass: Acari (Mites and ticks)
- Superorder: Parasitiformes
- Order: Ixodida (Ticks)
- Family: Ixodidae (Hardbacked ticks)
- Genus: Dermacentor (Dog ticks)
- Species: Dermacentor occidentalis (Pacific coast tick)
- Genus: Dermacentor (Dog ticks)
- Family: Ixodidae (Hardbacked ticks)
- Order: Ixodida (Ticks)
- Superorder: Parasitiformes
- Subclass: Acari (Mites and ticks)
- Class: Arachnida (Arachnids)
- Subphylum: Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Sightings
