Summary description from Wikipedia:

Dermacentor variabilis in languages:

Chinese

美洲狗蜱

Czech

piják americký

Danish

Amerikansk hundeflåt

English

American Dog Tick

English

Wood Tick

Russian

американский собачий клещ

Swedish

amerikansk hundfästing

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Parent Taxon

• Dermacentor

Sibling Taxa

• Dermacentor albipictus
• Dermacentor andersoni
• Dermacentor auratus
• Dermacentor circumguttatus
• Dermacentor compactus
• Dermacentor dispar
• Dermacentor dissimilis
• Dermacentor halli
• Dermacentor hunteri
• Dermacentor imitans
• Dermacentor latus
• Dermacentor marginatus
• Dermacentor nitens
• Dermacentor nuttalli
• Dermacentor occidentalis
• Dermacentor parumapertus
• Dermacentor reticulatus
• Dermacentor rhinocerinus
• Dermacentor silvarum
• Dermacentor similis
• Dermacentor steini
• Dermacentor taiwanensis
• Dermacentor variabilis

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