Ixodes ricinus

TaxID: 34613

Basic Information

Ixodes ricinus

Castor Bean Tick, Castor bean tick, castor bean tick

Ixodes ricinus, commonly known as the castor bean tick, the sheep ked, sheep tick, is a chiefly European species of hard-bodied tick. It may reach a length of 11 mm (0.43 in) when engorged with a blood meal, and can transmit both bacterial and viral pathogens such as the causative agents of Lyme disease and tick-borne encephalitis.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Arachnida

Ixodida

Ixodidae

Ixodes

ricinus

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Photos (5 photos)

Ixodes ricinus
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(c) Martin Galli@BY-NC
Ixodes ricinus
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(c) Marie Lou Legrand@BY-NC
Ixodes ricinus
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(c) Martin Galli@BY-NC
Ixodes ricinus
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(c) George Mitchell@BY
Ixodes ricinus
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(c) Daniel Greenwood@BY

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
United States of America Quarantine pests —

Distribution (58 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Albania Present —
Algeria Present —
Andorra Present —
Armenia Present —
Austria Present —
Azerbaijan Present —
Belgium Present —
Bulgaria Present —
Bosnia and Herzegovina Present —
Belarus Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR32132683 Salivary gland - female 48308953 France: (Chiz Forest)
SRR32132682 Salivary gland - female 45715778 France: (Chiz Forest)
SRR32132681 Salivary gland - female 45830487 France: (Chiz Forest)

DNA Barcodes (1244 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
UZINS203-23 BOLD:AAZ2224 COI-5P 658 Slovakia 2022-09-16 48.26221, 17.047049
UZINS202-23 BOLD:AAZ2224 COI-5P 658 Slovakia 2022-09-16 48.26221, 17.047049
UZINS201-23 BOLD:AAZ2224 COI-5P 658 Slovakia 2022-09-16 48.26221, 17.047049
UZINS200-23 BOLD:AAZ2224 COI-5P 658 Slovakia 2018-05-07 48.82128, 17.458672
UMAAI2873-22 - COI-5P 654 France - 43.812, 3.742
TKPHE068-17 BOLD:AAZ2224 COI-5P 658 United Kingdom 2017-03-29 -
TKPHE021-17 BOLD:AAZ2224 COI-5P 657 United Kingdom 2017-03-30 50.8333, 0.12
TKPHE002-17 BOLD:AAZ2224 COI-5P 658 United Kingdom 2016-05-10 50.8333, 0.01667
TKPH081-20 BOLD:AAZ2224 COI-5P 658 United Kingdom 2016-12-12 54.376038, -1.630503
TKPH021-20 BOLD:AAZ2224 COI-5P 658 United Kingdom 2019-05-09 51.57387, -0.009845999999999999
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Literature