Animal Diversity Web

Ixodes scapularis

black legged tick

(Also: Tique aux pattes noires)

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Protostomia (protostomes)
      - Ecdysozoa
        
        Arthropoda (arthropods)
        
        Chelicerata (spiders, mites, scorpions, and relatives)
        
        Class Arachnida
        
        Order Ixodida
        
        Family Ixodidae
        
        Genus Ixodes
        
        Species Ixodes scapularis (black legged tick)