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Ixodida (tick)

Arachnida - Parasitiformes

Taxonomy
Ixodida was named by Leach (1815). It is extant.

It was reranked as the suborder Ixodida by Dunlop et al. (2013).

It was assigned to Acari by Klompen and Grimaldi (2001); and to Parasitiformes by Dunlop et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Ixodida Leach
2001Ixodida Klompen and Grimaldi
2013Ixodida Dunlop et al. p. 58

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

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.

Subor. Ixodida Leach 1815 [tick]
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Fm. †Deinocrotonidae Peñalver et al. 2017
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G. †Deinocroton Peñalver et al. 2017
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Deinocroton draculi Peñalver et al. 2017
Superfm. Ixodoidea Banks 1907
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Fm. Argasidae Koch 1844 [soft tick]
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G. Carios Latreille 1796
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Carios jerseyi Klompen and Grimaldi 2001
G. Ornithodoros Koch 1844
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Ornithodoros antiquus Poinar 1995
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 Turonian to the top of the Holocene or 93.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.5 Ma

Collections (7 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)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Deinocroton draculi (147614)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (New Jersey) Carios jerseyi (29008)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Ornithodoros antiquus (138330)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Antarctica Ixodidae indet. (177151)