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Castor Bean Tick

Arachnids

The castor bean tick (Ixodes ricinus) is a species of hard bodied tick in the family Ixodidae, native chiefly to Europe and extending into North Africa, the Middle East, and parts of Russia. Unfed adults measure roughly 2.4 to 2.8 millimeters but can swell to about 11 millimeters when engorged with a blood meal, and the species has no eyes and lacks festoons along the body margin. It favors humid woodlands, heaths, and forests where hosts are plentiful, and it is a major disease vector, transmitting the bacteria that cause Lyme disease and the virus that causes tick borne encephalitis.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Parasitic 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Relationship to People
Disease Vector 1
Comparison
NatureServe Rank
GNR Unranked 3
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 4
Scientific Name
Ixodes ricinus 5
Conservation Status
Not Evaluated 6
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Parasitiformes, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Castor Bean Tick
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Africa

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Belgium

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Denmark

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Iceland

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Luxembourg

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North America

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Norway

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Portugal

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Sweden

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Sources
1. Wikidata: Castor Bean Tick
  • Wikidata Q21175, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikipedia 'Ixodes ricinus': may reach a length of 11mm when engorged with a blood meal
  • Wikipedia 'Ixodes ricinus': can transmit both bacterial and viral pathogens such as the causative agents of Lyme disease and tick-borne encephalitis
  • Child Taxon Of: Parasitiformes, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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2. Ixodes ricinus (Wikipedia)
system statement
Quote, system statement
I. ricinus is most frequent in habitats where its hosts are plentiful, including woodlands, heaths and forests.
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3. NatureServe Explorer: Ixodes ricinus
NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)
Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)
"roundedGRank": "GNR"
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4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Arachnida
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 27
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"cites_listing":"II/III/NC","eu_listing":"B/C/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Arthropoda","class":"Arachnida","order":null,"family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Scorpions And Spiders","language":"EN"},{"name":"Araignées","language":"FR"},{"name":"Arañas","language":"ES"},{"name":"蛛形纲","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
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5. Wikipedia: Ixodes ricinus
WikipediaWikidata Q21175 (P225 taxon name)View the Source
6. GBIF (IUCN Red List category): GBIF IUCN Red List category for Ixodes ricinus
GBIF (IUCN Red List category)GBIF taxon key 2182588, category field
Quote, GBIF taxon key 2182588, category field
"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"
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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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