Ticks

URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85135253
- info:lc/authorities/sh85135253
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85135253#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Ixodida
- Ixodides
- Ixodoidea
- Metastigmata
Broader Terms
- Parasitiformes
Narrower Terms
- Argasidae
- Ixodidae
Related Terms
- Acarology
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://d-nb.info/gnd/4190559-3
Sources
- found: Web. 3 (Tick: any of numerous arachnids that constitute the acarine super family Ixodoidea)
- found: Britannica Micro. (Tick: common name for 850 species of the suborder Metastigmata, within the subclass Acarina. They are assigned to three families: Argasidae (soft ticks) and Nuttalliellidae and Ixodidae (together constituting the hard ticks))
LC Classification
- QL458.15.P37
Change Notes
- 1986-02-11: new
- 2006-03-02: revised

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