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Ixodidae (hard tick)

Arachnida - Parasitiformes - Ixodidae

Taxonomy
Ixodidae was named by Banks (1907). It is extant. Its type is Ixodes.

It was assigned to Ixodoidea by Dunlop et al. (2013).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Ixodidae Banks
2013Ixodidae Dunlop et al. p. 59

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
RankNameAuthor
Prosomapoda
Planaterga
Dekatriata
SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
orderParasitiformes(Reuter 1909)
suborderIxodida(Leach 1815)
superfamilyIxodoideaBanks 1907
familyIxodidaeBanks 1907
familyIxodidaeBanks 1907

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Ixodidae Banks 1907 [hard tick]
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G. †Compluriscutula Poinar and Buckley 2008
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Compluriscutula vetulum Poinar and Buckley 2008
G. †Cornupalpatum Poinar and Brown 2003
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Cornupalpatum burmanicum Poinar and Brown 2003
G. Ixodes Latreille 1795
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Grouping: solitaryc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 09:55:58
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:55:58
Source: c = class
Reference: Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Holocene or 99.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.5 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar (Kachin) Compluriscutula vetulum (123429) Cornupalpatum burmanicum (104053 123113)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Antarctica Ixodidae indet. (177151)