''Ixodes'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

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 Lyme disease, also known as Lyme borreliosis, is a tick-borne disease caused by species of ''Borrelia'' bacteria, Disease vector, transmitted by blood-feeding ticks in the genus ''Ixodes''. It is the most common disease spread by ticks in th ...

. Additional organisms that may be transmitted by ''Ixodes'' are parasites from the genus '' Babesia'', which cause babesiosis, and bacteria from the related genus '' Anaplasma'', which cause

anaplasmosis Anaplasmosis is a tick-borne disease affecting ruminants, dogs, and horses, and is caused by ''Anaplasma'' bacteria. Anaplasmosis is an infectious but not contagious disease. Anaplasmosis can be transmitted through mechanical and biological vector ...

Species

These species are recognised within the genus ''Ixodes'': *'' Ixodes abrocomae'' Lahille, 1916 *'' Ixodes acer'' Apanaskevich & Schenk, 2020 *'' Ixodes acuminatus'' Neumann, 1901 *'' Ixodes acutitarsus'' (Karsch, 1880) *'' Ixodes affinis'' Neumann, 1899 *'' Ixodes albignaci'' Uilenberg & Hoogstraal, 1969 *'' Ixodes alluaudi'' Neumann, 1913 *'' Ixodes amarali'' Fonseca, 1935 *'' Ixodes amersoni'' Kohls, 1966 *'' Ixodes anatis'' Chilton, 1904 *'' Ixodes andinus'' Kohls, 1956 *'' Ixodes angustus'' Neumann, 1899 *'' Ixodes antechini'' Roberts, 1960 *'' Ixodes apronophorus'' Schulze, 1924 *'' Ixodes arabukiensis'' Arthur, 1959 *'' Ixodes aragaoi'' Fonseca, 1935 *'' Ixodes arboricola'' Schulze & Schlottke, 1930 *'' Ixodes arebiensis'' Arthur, 1956 *'' Ixodes asanumai'' Kitaoka, 1973 *'' Ixodes aulacodi'' Arthur, 1956 *'' Ixodes auriculaelongae'' Arthur, 1958 *'' Ixodes auritulus'' Neumann, 1904 *'' Ixodes australiensis'' Neumann, 1904 *'' Ixodes baergi'' Cooley & Kohls, 1942 *'' Ixodes bakeri'' Arthur & Clifford, 1961 *'' Ixodes banksi'' Bishopp, 1911 *'' Ixodes barkeri'' Barker, 2019 *'' Ixodes bedfordi'' Arthur, 1959 *'' Ixodes bequaerti'' Cooley & Kohls, 1945 *'' Ixodes berlesei'' Birula, 1895 *'' Ixodes bivari'' Santos Dias, 1990 *'' Ixodes boliviensis'' Neumann, 1904 *'' Ixodes brewsterae'' Keirans, Clifford & Walker, 1982 *'' Ixodes browningi'' Arthur, 1956 *'' Ixodes brumpti'' Morel, 1965 *'' Ixodes brunneus'' Koch, 1844 *'' Ixodes calcarhebes'' Arthur & Zulu, 1980 *'' Ixodes caledonicus'' Nuttall, 1910 *'' Ixodes canisuga'' Johnston, 1849 *'' Ixodes capromydis'' Cerný, 1966 *'' Ixodes catherinei'' Keirans, Clifford & Walker, 1982 *'' Ixodes cavipalpus'' Nuttall & Warburton, 1908 *'' Ixodes ceylonensis'' Kohls, 1950 *'' Ixodes chilensis'' Kohls, 1956 *'' Ixodes colasbelcouri'' Arthur, 1957 *'' Ixodes collocaliae'' Schulze, 1937 *'' Ixodes columnae'' Takada & Fujita, 1992 *'' Ixodes conepati'' Cooley & Kohls, 1943 *'' Ixodes confusus'' Roberts, 1960 *'' Ixodes cookei'' Packard, 1869 *'' Ixodes cooleyi'' Aragão & Fonseca, 1951 *'' Ixodes copei'' Wilson, 1980 *'' Ixodes cordifer'' Neumann, 1908 *'' Ixodes cornuae'' Arthur, 1960 *'' Ixodes cornuatus'' Roberts, 1960 *'' Ixodes corwini'' Keirans, Clifford & Walker, 1982 *'' Ixodes crenulatus'' Koch, 1844 *'' Ixodes cuernavacensis'' Kohls & Clifford, 1966 *'' Ixodes cumulatimpunctatus'' Schulze, 1943 *'' Ixodes dampfi'' Cooley, 1943 *'' Ixodes daveyi'' Nuttall, 1913 *'' Ixodes dawesi'' Arthur, 1956 *'' Ixodes dendrolagi'' Wilson, 1967 *'' Ixodes dentatus'' Marx, 1899 *'' Ixodes dicei'' Keirans & Ajohda, 2003 *'' Ixodes diomedeae'' Arthur, 1958 *'' Ixodes diversifossus'' Neumann, 1899 *'' Ixodes djaronensis'' Neumann, 1907 *'' Ixodes domerguei'' Uilenberg & Hoogstraal, 1965 *'' Ixodes downsi'' Kohls, 1957 *'' Ixodes drakensbergensis'' Clifford, Theiler & Baker, 1975 *'' Ixodes eadsi'' Kohls & Clifford, 1964 *'' Ixodes eastoni'' Keirans & Clifford, 1983 *'' Ixodes eichhorni'' Nuttall, 1916 *'' Ixodes eldaricus'' Dzhaparidze, 1950 *'' Ixodes elongatus'' Bedford, 1929 *'' Ixodes eudyptidis'' Maskell, 1885 *'' Ixodes euplecti'' Arthur, 1958 *'' Ixodes evansi'' Arthur, 1956 *'' Ixodes fecialis'' Warburton & Nuttall, 1909 *'' Ixodes festai'' Rondelli, 1926 *'' Ixodes fossulatus'' Neumann, 1899 *'' Ixodes frontalis'' Panzer, 1798 *'' Ixodes fuscipes'' Koch, 1844 *'' Ixodes galapagoensis'' Clifford & Hoogstraal, 1980 *'' Ixodes ghilarovi'' Filippova & Panova, 1988 *'' Ixodes gibbosus'' Nuttall, 1916 *'' Ixodes giluwensis'' Apanaskevich & Schenk, 2020 *'' Ixodes goliath'' Apanaskevich and Lemon, 2018 *'' Ixodes granulatus'' Supino, 1897 *'' Ixodes gregsoni'' Lindquist, Wu & Redner, 1999 *'' Ixodes guatemalensis'' Kohls, 1956 *'' Ixodes hearlei'' Gregson, 1941 *'' Ixodes heathi'' Kwak, Madden & Wicker, 2018 *'' Ixodes heinrichi'' Arthur, 1962 *'' Ixodes hexagonus'' Leach, 1815 *'' Ixodes himalayensis'' Dhanda & Kulkarni, 1969 *'' Ixodes hirsti'' Hassall, 1931 *'' Ixodes holocyclus'' Neumann, 1899 *'' Ixodes hoogstraali'' Arthur, 1955 *'' Ixodes howelli'' Cooley & Kohls, 1938 *'' Ixodes hyatti'' Clifford, Hoogstraal & Kohls, 1971 *'' Ixodes hydromyidis'' Swan, 1931 *'' Ixodes jacksoni'' Hoogstraal, 1967 *'' Ixodes jellisoni'' Cooley & Kohls, 1938 *'' Ixodes jonesae'' Kohls, Sonenshine & Clifford, 1969 *'' Ixodes kaiseri'' Arthur, 1957 *'' Ixodes kaschmiricus'' Pomerantsev, 1948 *'' Ixodes kazakstani'' Olenev & Sorokoumov, 1934 *'' Ixodes kerguelenensis'' André & Colas-Belcour, 1942 *'' Ixodes kingi'' Bishopp, 1911 *'' Ixodes kohlsi'' Arthur, 1955 *'' Ixodes kopsteini'' Oudemans, 1926 *'' Ixodes kuntzi'' Hoogstraal & Kohls, 1965 *'' Ixodes laguri'' Olenev, 1929 *'' Ixodes lasallei'' Méndez Arocha & Ortiz, 1958 *'' Ixodes latus'' Arthur, 1958 *'' Ixodes laysanensis'' Wilson, 1964 *'' Ixodes lemuris'' Arthur, 1958 *'' Ixodes lewisi'' Arthur, 1965 *'' Ixodes lividus'' Koch, 1844 *'' Ixodes longiscutatus'' Boero, 1944 *'' Ixodes loricatus'' Neumann, 1899 *'' Ixodes loveridgei'' Arthur, 1958 *'' Ixodes luciae'' Sénevet, 1940 *'' Ixodes lunatus'' Neumann, 1907 *'' Ixodes luxuriosus'' Schulze, 1932 *'' Ixodes macfarlanei'' Keirans, Clifford & Walker, 1982 *'' Ixodes malayensis'' Kohls, 1962 *'' Ixodes marmotae'' Cooley & Kohls, 1938 *'' Ixodes marxi'' Banks, 1908 *'' Ixodes maslovi'' Emelyanova & Kozlovskaya, 1967 *'' Ixodes matopi'' Spickett, Keirans, Norval & Clifford, 1981 *'' Ixodes mexicanus'' Cooley & Kohls, 1942 *'' Ixodes microgalei'' Apanaskevich, Soarimalala & Goodman, 2013 *'' Ixodes minor'' Neumann, 1902 *'' Ixodes minutae'' Arthur, 1959 *'' Ixodes mirzai'' Apanaskevich & Schenk, 2020 *'' Ixodes mitchelli'' Kohls, Clifford & Hoogstraal, 1970 *'' Ixodes monospinosus'' Saito, 1968 *'' Ixodes montoyanus'' Cooley, 1944 *'' Ixodes moreli'' Arthur, 1957 *'' Ixodes moscharius'' Teng, 1982 *'' Ixodes moschiferi'' Nemenz, 1968 *'' Ixodes muniensis'' Arthur & Burrow, 1957 *'' Ixodes muris'' Bishopp & Smith, 1937 *'' Ixodes murreleti'' Cooley & Kohls, 1945 *'' Ixodes myospalacis'' Teng, 1986 *'' Ixodes myotomys'' Clifford & Hoogstraal, 1970 *'' Ixodes myrmecobii'' Roberts, 1962 *'' Ixodes nairobiensis'' Nuttall, 1916 *'' Ixodes nchisiensis'' Arthur, 1958 *'' Ixodes nectomys'' Kohls, 1956 *'' Ixodes neitzi'' Clifford, Walker & Keirans, 1977 *'' Ixodes nesomys'' Uilenberg & Hoogstraal, 1969 *'' Ixodes neuquenensis'' Ringuelet, 1947 *'' Ixodes nicolasi'' Santos Dias, 1982 *'' Ixodes nipponensis'' Kitaoka & Saito, 1967 *'' Ixodes nitens'' Neumann, 1904 *'' Ixodes nuttalli'' Lahille, 1913 *'' Ixodes nuttallianus'' Schulze, 1930 *'' Ixodes occultus'' Pomerantsev, 1946 *'' Ixodes ochotonae'' Gregson, 1941 *'' Ixodes okapiae'' Arthur, 1956 *'' Ixodes oldi'' Nuttall, 1913 *'' Ixodes ornithorhynchi'' Lucas, 1846 *'' Ixodes ovatus'' Neumann, 1899 *'' Ixodes pacificus'' Cooley & Kohls, 1943 *'' Ixodes paranaensis'' Barros-Battesti, Arzua, Pichorim & Keirans, 2003 *'' Ixodes pararicinus'' Keirans & Clifford, ''in'' Keirans, Clifford, Guglielmone & Mangold, 1985 *'' Ixodes pavlovskyi'' Pomerantsev, 1946 *'' Ixodes percavatus'' Neumann, 1906 *'' Ixodes peromysci'' Augustson, 1940 *'' Ixodes persulcatus'' Schulze, 1930 *'' Ixodes petauristae'' Warburton, 1933 *'' Ixodes philipi'' Keirans & Kohls, 1970 *'' Ixodes pilosus'' Koch, 1844 *'' Ixodes planiscutatus'' Apanaskevich & Schenk, 2020 *'' Ixodes pomerantzi'' Kohls, 1956 *'' Ixodes pomeranzevi'' Serdyukova, 1941 *'' Ixodes priscicollaris'' Schulze, 1932 *'' Ixodes procaviae'' Arthur & Burrow, 1957 *'' Ixodes prokopjevi'' (Emelyanova, 1979) *'' Ixodes radfordi'' Kohls, 1948 *'' Ixodes rageaui'' Arthur, 1958 *'' Ixodes randrianasoloi'' Uilenberg & Hoogstraal, 1969 *'' Ixodes rangtangensis'' Teng, 1973 *'' Ixodes rasus'' Neumann, 1899 *'' Ixodes redikorzevi'' Olenev, 1927 *'' Ixodes rhabdomysae'' Arthur, 1959 *'' Ixodes ricinus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) *'' Ixodes rothschildi'' Nuttall & Warburton, 1911 *'' Ixodes rotundatus'' Arthur, 1958 *'' Ixodes rubicundus'' Neumann, 1904 *'' Ixodes rubidus'' Neumann, 1901 *'' Ixodes rugicollis'' Schulze & Schlottke, 1930 *'' Ixodes rugosus'' Bishopp, 1911 *'' Ixodes sachalinensis'' Filippova, 1971 *''

Ixodes scapularis ''Ixodes scapularis'' is a hard-bodied tick found in much of the eastern half of North America. It is commonly known as the deer tick, owing to its habit of parasitizing the white-tailed deer. It is also sometimes known as the black-legged tick ( ...

'' Say, 1821 *'' Ixodes schillingsi'' Neumann, 1901 *'' Ixodes schulzei'' Aragão & Fonseca, 1951 *'' Ixodes sculptus'' Neumann, 1904 *'' Ixodes semenovi'' Olenev, 1929 *'' Ixodes serrafreirei'' Amorim, Gazeta, Bossi & Linhares, 2003 *'' Ixodes shahi'' Clifford, Hoogstraal & Kohls, 1971 *'' Ixodes siamensis'' Kitaoka & Suzuki, 1983 *'' Ixodes sigelos'' Keirans, Clifford & Corwin, 1976 *'' Ixodes signatus'' Birula, 1895 *'' Ixodes simplex'' Neumann, 1906 *'' Ixodes sinaloa'' Kohls & Clifford, 1966 *'' Ixodes sinensis'' Teng, 1977 *'' Ixodes soarimalalae'' Apanaskevich & Goodman, 2020 *'' Ixodes soricis'' Gregson, 1942 *'' Ixodes spinae'' Arthur, 1958 *'' Ixodes spinicoxalis'' Neumann, 1899 *'' Ixodes spinipalpis'' Hadwen & Nuttall, 1916 *'' Ixodes steini'' Schulze, 1932 *'' Ixodes stellae'' Apanaskevich & Schenk, 2020 *'' Ixodes stilesi'' Neumann, 1911 *'' Ixodes stromi'' Filippova, 1957 *'' Ixodes subterranus'' Filippova, 1961 *'' Ixodes succineus'' Weidner, 1964 *'' Ixodes taglei'' Kohls, 1969 *'' Ixodes tamaulipas'' Kohls & Clifford, 1966 *'' Ixodes tancitarius'' Cooley & Kohls, 1942 *'' Ixodes tanuki'' Saito, 1964 *'' Ixodes tapirus'' Kohls, 1956 *'' Ixodes tasmani'' Neumann, 1899 *'' Ixodes tecpanensis'' Kohls, 1956 *'' Ixodes tertiarius'' Scudder *'' Ixodes texanus'' Banks, 1909 *'' Ixodes theilerae'' Arthur, 1953 *'' Ixodes thomasae'' Arthur & Burrow, 1957 *'' Ixodes tiptoni'' Kohls & Clifford, 1962 *'' Ixodes tovari'' Cooley, 1945 *'' Ixodes transvaalensis'' Clifford & Hoogstraal, 1966 *'' Ixodes trianguliceps'' Birula, 1895 *'' Ixodes trichosuri'' Roberts, 1960 *'' Ixodes tropicalis'' Kohls, 1956 *'' Ixodes turdus'' Nakatsuji, 1942 *'' Ixodes ugandanus'' Neumann, 1906 *'' Ixodes uilenbergi'' Apanaskevich & Goodman, 2020 *'' Ixodes uncus'' Apanaskevich & Goodman, 2020 *'' Ixodes unicavatus'' Neumann, 1908 *'' Ixodes uriae'' White, 1852 *'' Ixodes vanidicus'' Schulze, 1943 *'' Ixodes venezuelensis'' Kohls, 1953 *'' Ixodes ventalloi'' Gil Collado, 1936 *'' Ixodes vespertilionis'' Koch, 1844 *'' Ixodes vestitus'' Neumann, 1908 *'' Ixodes victoriensis'' Nuttall, 1916 *'' Ixodes walkerae'' Clifford, Kohls & Hoogstraal, 1968 *'' Ixodes werneri'' Kohls, 1950 *'' Ixodes woodi'' Bishopp, 1911 *'' Ixodes zaglossi'' Kohls, 1960 *'' Ixodes zairensis'' Keirans, Clifford & Walker, 1982 *'' Ixodes zumpti'' Arthur, 1960

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* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q1951212 Ixodidae Acari genera Taxa named by Pierre André Latreille