#order_Acarina__Acarina  mites and ticks
  supertype:  #animal_order  the order of animals
  member of:  #class_Arachnida
  member:  #acarine  mite or tick
  member:  #tick  any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals
  member:  #family_Ixodidae__Ixodidae  hard ticks
     member:  #hard_tick__ixodid  ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head
     member:  #genus_Ixodes__Ixodes  type genus of the family Ixodidae
        member:  #Ixodes_dammini__deer_tick  a northeastern tick now recognized as same species as Ixodes scapularis
        member:  #Ixodes_neotomae  a tick that usually does not bite humans; transmits Lyme disease spirochete to dusky-footed woodrats
        member:  #Ixodes_pacificus__western_black-legged_tick  feeds on dusky-footed woodrat and bites humans; principal vector for Lyme disease in western United States especially northern California
        member:  #Ixodes_scapularis__black-legged_tick  parasitic on mice of genus Peromyscus and bites humans; principal vector for Lyme disease in eastern United States (especially New England); northern form was for a time known as Ixodes dammini (deer tick)
        member:  #sheeptick__ixodesricinu  parasitic on sheep and cattle as well as humans; can transmit looping ill in sheep (acute viral disease of the nervous system); a vector for Lyme disease spirochete
        member:  #Ixodes_persulcatus  bites humans; a vector for Lyme disease spirochete
        member:  #Ixodes_dentatus  usually does not bite humans; transmits Lyme disease spirochete to cottontail rabbits and woodrats
        member:  #Ixodes_spinipalpis  usually does not bite humans; transmits Lyme disease spirochete to cottontail rabbits and wood rats
     member:  #genus_Dermacentor__Dermacentor  vectors of important diseases of man and animals
        member:  #wood_tick__American_dog_tick__Dermacentor_variabilis  common tick that can transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia
  member:  #family_Argasidae__Argasidae  soft ticks
     member:  #soft_tick__argasid  tick lacking a dorsal shield and having mouth parts on the under side of the head
  member:  #mite  any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods
  member:  #family_Acaridae__Acaridae  mites
     member:  #acarid  very small free-living arachnid that is parasitic on animals or plants; related to ticks
  member:  #family_Trombidiidae__Trombidiidae  mites
     member:  #trombidiid  mite that in all stages feeds on other arthropods
  member:  #family_Trombiculidae__Trombiculidae  mites
     member:  #trombiculiid  mite that as nymph and adult feeds on early stages of small arthropods but whose larvae are parasitic on terrestrial vertebrates
     member:  #genus_Trombicula__Trombicula  type genus of the family Trombiculidae
        member:  #harvest_mite__harvestmite__jigger__redbug  larval mite that sucks the blood of vertebrates including human beings causing intense irritation
  member:  #family_Sarcoptidae__Sarcoptidae  small whitish mites
     member:  #genus_Sarcoptes__Sarcoptes  type genus of the family Sarcoptidae: itch mites
        member:  #itch_mite__sarcoptid  whitish mites that attack the skin of humans and other animals; "itch mites cause scabies"
  member:  #acarus  a mite of the genus Acarus
  member:  #family_Tetranychidae__Tetranychidae  plant-feeding mites
     member:  #spider_mite__tetranychid  web-spinning mite that attacks garden plants and fruit trees
     member:  #genus_Panonychus__Panonychus  a genus of Tetranychidae
        member:  #red_spider_mite__red_spider__redspider__Panonychus_ulmi  small web-spinning mite; a serious orchard pest

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