Maine Biota Project

Ticks of Maine

(Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Arthropoda, Class Arachnida, Order Acari)


Below is a working list of Maine’s ticks.
Family Genus Species Authority Common Name Source (full citation given below this table)
Ixodidae Amblyomma americanum (L.) Lone Star tick University of Maine Cooperative Extension
Ixodidae Amblyomma maculatum Koch Gulf Coast tick University of Maine Cooperative Extension
Ixodidae Dermacentor albipictus (Packard) moose tick University of Maine Cooperative Extension
Ixodidae Dermacentor variabilis (Say) American dog tick University of Maine Cooperative Extension
Ixodidae Haemaphysalis leporispalustris (Packard) rabbit tick University of Maine Cooperative Extension; Procter (1946, p. 530.)
Ixodidae Ixodes angustus Neumann ? University of Maine Cooperative Extension
Ixodidae Ixodes brunneus Koch ? University of Maine Cooperative Extension
Ixodidae Ixodes cookei Packard woodchuck tick University of Maine Cooperative Extension
Ixodidae Ixodes dentatus Marx ? University of Maine Cooperative Extension
Ixodidae Ixodes gregsoni Lindquist, Wu, and Redner ? University of Maine Cooperative Extension
Ixodidae Ixodes marxi Banks squirrel tick University of Maine Cooperative Extension
Ixodidae Ixodes muris Bishopp and Smith mouse tick University of Maine Cooperative Extension
Ixodidae Ixodes scapularis Say deer tick University of Maine Cooperative Extension
Ixodidae Ixodes uriae White seabird tick University of Maine Cooperative Extension
Ixodidae Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latreille) kennel tick University of Maine Cooperative Extension


Sources:
   Procter, William. 1946. Biological Survey of the Mount Desert Region, Part VII. Philadelphia: Wistar Institute.
   University of Maine Cooperative Extension website (https://extension.umaine.edu/ticks/maine-ticks/)



Please e-mail corrections and updates to Glen at info@mainenaturalhistory.org
(updated 26 July 2020)