Ixodes persulcatus
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Related to Ixodes persulcatus: Ixodes scapularis, Ixodes pacificus, Ixodes ricinus, Rhipicephalus sanguineus, Ornithodoros erraticus, Dermacentor marginatus, Argas reflexus
Ix·o·des per·sul·ca·'tus
the taiga tick, a Eurasian species that is a vector for Russian spring-summer encephalitis and Lyme disease.
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