The PEDIGREE of
Deer tick

     aka Ixodes scapularis, blacklegged tick, bear tick; (vector for Lyme DISEASE & Powassan virus DISEASE, etc.)

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/-- Infrakingdom (Grade) of Coelomates   +====> [ 75]
/   / (skip this generation?)
/-- Subgrade of Protostomia
/   / or: Clade Nephrozoa
/-- Superphylum Ecdysozoa (Arthropods, Roundworms, etc.)
/-- Supraphylum Panarthropoda
/-- Phylum Arthropoda
/-- Subphylum Arachnomorpha
/-- Infraphylum Chelicerata (Arachnids & Horseshoe Crabs)
/-- Class Arachnida (Spiders & Scorpions)
/-- Subclass Acarina (Mites & Ticks)
/-- Clade of Parasitiformes & Opilioacariformes
/-- Superorder Parasitiformes (Mites & Ticks)
/-- Order Ixodida (Ticks)
/-- Superfamily Ixodoidea
/-- Family Ixodidae (Hard Ticks)
/-- Genus Ixodes (common ticks)
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- Deer tick
 

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