Acari: Ixodida

Nearly 50% of all ticks submitted for identification in Pennsylvania are the american dog tick (Dermactentor variabilis) followed by the Lyme disease tick (Ixodes scapularis).

Inquiries about tick identification should be made to the Pennsylvania Health Department or the Couny Cooperative Extension office.

Argasidae
Argas persicus
Ornithodoros kelleyi
Otobuis megnini

Ixodidae
Ambylomma americanum
Ambylomma cajennense
Ambylomma dissimile
Ambylomma longirostre
Ambylomma maculatum

Aponomma latum
Aponomma transversale

Dermacentor albipictus
Dermactentor variabilis

Haemaphysalis chordeilis
Haemaphysalis leporispalustris

Ixodes affinis
Ixodes angustus
Ixodes brunneus
Ixodes cookei
Ixodes dentatus
Ixodes marxi
Ixodes muris
Ixodes ricinus
Ixodes scapularis
Ixodes texanus

Rhipicephalus sanguineus