Dermacentor, also known as the American Levi tick, is a genus of ticks in the family Ixodidae, the hard ticks. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with native species on all continents ...

Abstract The movement of Ixodes pacificus and Dermacentor occidentalis adult ticks down a hill slope under natural conditions was investigated using the mark-release-recapture (MRR) method. We ...

Introduction Dermacentor is a genus of hard-bodied ticks in the family Ixodidae that utilizes small and large mammals as primary hosts. Certain species occasionally attach to humans and serve as ...

Dermacentor, also known as the American Levi tick, is a genus of ticks in the family Ixodidae, the hard ticks. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with native species on all continents ...

Mating, spermatophore production, and spermatophore transfer in 2 species of hard ticks, Dermacentor occidentalis and Haemaphysalis leporispalustris (Metastriata), are described. Our results are ...

Abstract Previous studies revealed that the Pacific Coast tick ( Dermacentor occidentalis) is infected occasionally with the agents of Lyme disease ( Borrelia burgdorferi) or human granulocytic ...

Two Dermacentor occidentalis (Pacific Coast ticks) "collected" during a Sonoma outing: male on the left and female on right, as identified by Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology.

1. Ricketts H: The transmission of Rocky Mountain spotted fever by the bite of the wood-tick (Dermacentor occidentalis). JAMA 1906; 47: 358. 2. Parola P, Paddock CD, Raoult D: Tick-borne ...

In my cursory research on the subject of ticks, I learned that there are three varieties in California — Ixodes pacificus, Dermacentor occidentalis and Dermacentor variabilis.