Ixodes
Ixodes is a genus of hard-bodied ticks (family Ixodidae). It includes important disease vectors of animals and humans (tick-borne disease), and some species (notably Ixodes holocyclus) inject toxins that can cause paralysis. Some ticks in this genus may transmit the pathogenic bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi responsible for causing Lyme disease. Additional organisms that may be transmitted by Ixodes are parasites from the genus Babesia which cause babesiosis, and bacteria from the related genera Anaplasma which cause anaplasmosis.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Eastern Black-legged Tick
speciesIxodes scapularis
Castor Bean Tick
speciesIxodes ricinus
Western Black-legged Tick
speciesIxodes pacificus
Australian Paralysis Tick
speciesIxodes holocyclus
taiga tick
speciesIxodes persulcatus
hedgehog tick
speciesIxodes hexagonus
long-legged bat tick
speciesIxodes vespertilionis
Passerine Tick
speciesIxodes frontalis
Groundhog Tick
speciesIxodes cookei
Ixodes acutitarsus
speciesIxodes acutitarsus
Tasmanian Paralysis Tick
speciesIxodes cornuatus
common marsupial tick
speciesIxodes tasmani
Ixodes pilosus
speciesIxodes pilosus
Ixodes australiensis
speciesIxodes australiensis
Ixodes auritulus
speciesIxodes auritulus
Ixodes nipponensis
speciesIxodes nipponensis
Seabird Tick
speciesIxodes uriae
dog tick
speciesIxodes canisuga
Ixodes angustus
speciesIxodes angustus
Possum Tick
speciesIxodes trichosuri
Squirrel Tick
speciesIxodes marxi
Ixodes myrmecobii
speciesIxodes myrmecobii
Mouse Tick
speciesIxodes muris
Ixodes ovatus
speciesIxodes ovatus
Ixodes sinensis
speciesIxodes sinensis
Ixodes dentatus
speciesIxodes dentatus
vole tick
speciesIxodes trianguliceps
Ixodes affinis
speciesIxodes affinis
Platypus tick
speciesIxodes ornithorhynchi
Ixodes hirsti
speciesIxodes hirsti
New Zealand Seabird Tick
speciesIxodes eudyptidis
Ixodes anatis
speciesIxodes anatis
Ixodes boliviensis
speciesIxodes boliviensis
Ixodes brunneus
speciesIxodes brunneus
Ixodes simplex
speciesIxodes simplex
Ixodes banksi
speciesIxodes banksi
rabbit tick
speciesIxodes ventalloi
Ixodes rubicundus
speciesIxodes rubicundus
Ixodes gibbosus
speciesIxodes gibbosus
Ixodes signatus
speciesIxodes signatus
Rotund Tick
speciesIxodes kingi
Ixodes antechini
speciesIxodes antechini
Ixodes neotomae
speciesIxodes neotomae
Ixodes aragaoi
speciesIxodes aragaoi
Ixodes conepati
speciesIxodes conepati
Ixodes cuernavacensis
speciesIxodes cuernavacensis
Ixodes diversifossus
speciesIxodes diversifossus
Ixodes murreleti
speciesIxodes murreleti
Ixodes sapularis
speciesIxodes sapularis
Ixodes tamaulipas
speciesIxodes tamaulipas
Ixodes tancitarius
speciesIxodes tancitarius
Ixodes tovari
speciesIxodes tovari
Ixodes galapagoensis
speciesIxodes galapagoensis
Ixodes spinipalpis
speciesIxodes spinipalpis
Kohl's Seabird Tick
speciesIxodes kohlsi
Ixodes peromysci
speciesIxodes peromysci
Ixodes kerguelenensis
speciesIxodes kerguelenensis
Ixodes dampfi
speciesIxodes dampfi
Ixodes loricatus
speciesIxodes loricatus
Ixodes luciae
speciesIxodes luciae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 51674.