Dermacentor occidentalis Marx, 1892 is a animal in the Ixodidae family, order Ixodida, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Dermacentor occidentalis Marx, 1892
Dermacentor occidentalis, the Pacific coast tick, is a wood tick of Ixodidae found in coastal California, that hosts humans.
Dermacentor occidentalis, commonly called the Pacific coast tick, is a species of wood tick belonging to the arthropod family Ixodidae. This species occurs in the coastal California biome. It uses a range of host species, including humans. When not engorged with blood, adult Pacific coast ticks measure approximately 4.5 millimeters in length. Their exoskeleton is silvery-gray in color.
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Ixodes holocyclus Neumann, 1899
Amblyomma triguttatum Koch, 1844
Haemaphysalis longicornis Neumann, 1901
Ixodes ricinus Linnaeus, 1758
Dermacentor variabilis Say, 1821
Ixodes pacificus Cooley & Kohls, 1943
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