Ixodida

Also known as Ixodoidea, ticks

Ticks are parasitic arachnids of the order Ixodida. They are part of the mite superorder Parasitiformes. Adult ticks are approximately 3 to 5 mm in length depending on age, sex, and species, but can become larger when engorged. Ticks are external parasites, living by feeding on the blood of mammals, birds, and sometimes reptiles and amphibians. The timing of the origin of ticks is uncertain, though the oldest known tick fossils are around 100 million years old, and come from the Cretaceous period. Ticks are widely distributed around the world, especially in warm, humid climates.

AI overview

Ixodida is the scientific order that includes ticks, small parasitic arachnids about 3 to 5 mm long that feed on the blood of mammals, birds, and sometimes other animals. Ticks matter because they are widespread around the world, particularly in warm and humid environments, and have existed for at least 100 million years as persistent external parasites.

AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.

In the Vinony graph

Vinony's link graph records 1,200 inbound references to Ixodida, and connects out to Holothyrida, Argasidae and mite.

It sits within the topics Hazards of outdoor recreation, Hematophages and Parasitic mites.

Vinony links it to 91 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

Ixodida

ORDER

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassArachnida
OrderIxodida

Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater

Observations recorded661,418

蜱（拼音：pí，注音：ㄆㄧˊ，音同「皮」），又名蜱虫、壁蝨、扁蝨、草爬子，是一種體形極小的蛛形綱蜱蟎亞綱蜱總科的節肢動物寄生物，僅約火柴棒頭大小。不吸血时，有米粒大小，吸饱血液后，有指甲盖大。宿主包括哺乳類、鳥類、爬蟲類和兩棲類動物，大多以吸食血液為生，叮咬的同時會造成刺傷處的發炎。蜱在叮刺吸血时多无痛感，但由于螯肢、口下板同时刺入宿主皮肤，可造成局部充血、水肿、急性炎症反应，还可引起继发性感染。蜱還會帶來傳染病，如萊姆病、Q热、科罗拉多蜱热（Colorado tick fever）、兔熱病（Tularemia）、蜱传回归热（relapsing fever）、巴贝西虫病（Babesiosis）、埃里希氏体病（Ehrlichiosis）、蜱媒脑炎（Tick-borne meningoencephalitis）、牛无形体病（Anaplasmosis）、犬黄疸病（Jaundice）等。萊姆病是由伯氏疏螺旋體（Borrelia burgdorferi）所感染。蜱虫主要栖息在草地、树林中，因此外出游玩时最好在暴露的皮肤上喷涂防蚊液，尽量避免在野外长时间坐卧。注意做好个人防护，穿紧口、浅色、光滑的长袖衣服。蜱虫常会附着在人体的头皮、腰部、腋窝、腹股沟及脚踝下方等部位。

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records: 2,658
With media: 8
Collections: MSB
Recorded in: United States

iDigBio →

Research

34,454 papers

Ticks (Ixodida) associated with bats (Chiroptera): an updated list with new records for Brazil.Parasitology research · 2023Lourenço EC, Famadas KM, Gomes LAC et al.DOI: 10.1007/s00436-023-07935-y
Emerging tickborne viruses vectored by Amblyomma americanum (Ixodida: Ixodidae): Heartland and Bourbon viruses.ReviewJournal of medical entomology · 2023Dupuis AP 2nd, Lange RE, Ciota ATDOI: 10.1093/jme/tjad060
Introduction of the ectoparasite Rhipicephalus pulchellus (Ixodida: Ixodidae) into Connecticut with a human traveler from Tanzania, and a review of its importation records into the United States.ReviewJournal of medical entomology · 2023Stafford KC 3rd, Molaei G, Williams SC et al.DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjad109
Anomalous phenology of Ixodes scapularis (Ixodida: Ixodidae) in Mississippi.Journal of medical entomology · 2023Goddard J, Sims S, Robbins RG et al.DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjad081
Soft and hard ticks (Parasitiformes: Ixodida) on humans: A review of Brazilian biomes and the impact of environmental change.ReviewActa tropica · 2022Nogueira BCF, Campos AK, Muñoz-Leal S et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2022.106598
Southeast Asian ticks (Acari: Ixodida): a historical perspective.ReviewParasitology research · 2007Petney TN, Kolonin GV, Robbins RGDOI: 10.1007/s00436-007-0687-4
Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases of Colorado, Including New State Records for Argas radiatus (Ixodida: Argasidae) and Ixodes brunneus (Ixodida: Ixodidae).ReviewJournal of medical entomology · 2021Hutcheson HJ, Mertins JW, Kondratieff BC et al.DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjaa232
Ixodes scapularis (Ixodida: Ixodidae) Parasitizing an Unlikely Host: Big Brown Bats, Eptesicus fuscus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae), in New York State, USA.Journal of medical entomology · 2022Occi JL, Campbell VM, Fonseca DM et al.DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjab174

via PubMed

Wikidata facts

Image: Ticks Dönitz, Dermacentor rhinocerinus (w).jpg

Show 6 more facts

taxon name: Ixodida
Commons category: Ixodida
Commons gallery: Tick
taxon common name: klopi
exact match: wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/01776313-n
start time: 99000000-0

Sources (3)

via Wikidata · CC0

~31 min read

Encyclopedic overview

25 sections

Contents

Biology
Taxonomy and phylogeny
Anatomy and physiology
Ixodidae
Argasidae
Nuttalliellidae
Diet and feeding
Range and habitat
Ecology
Life cycle
Ixodidae
One-host ticks
Two-host ticks
Three-host ticks
Argasidae
Nuttalliellidae
Relationship with humans
Tick-borne disease
Population control measures
In the arts
See also
Notes
References
Further reading
External links

Ticks belong to two major families: the Ixodidae, or hard ticks, and the Argasidae, or soft ticks. Nuttalliella, a genus of tick from southern Africa, is the only living member of the family Nuttalliellidae, which represents the most primitive living lineage of ticks. Adults have ovoid/pear-shaped bodies (idiosomas) which become engorged with blood when they feed, and eight legs. Their cephalothorax and abdomen are completely fused. In addition to having a hard shield on their dorsal surfaces, known as the scutum, hard ticks have a beak-like structure at the front containing the mouthparts, whereas soft ticks have their mouthparts on the underside of their bodies. Ticks locate potential hosts by sensing odor, body heat, moisture, and/or vibrations in the environment.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ixodida” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.