Definition of Genus dermacentor

1. Noun. Vectors of important diseases of man and animals.

Exact synonyms: Dermacentor
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Ixodidae, Ixodidae
Member holonyms: American Dog Tick, Dermacentor Variabilis, Wood Tick

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Dermacentor

genus Delphinus
genus Dendranthema
genus Dendraspis
genus Dendroaspis
genus Dendrobium
genus Dendrocalamus
genus Dendrocolaptes
genus Dendroctonus
genus Dendroica
genus Dendrolagus
genus Dendromecon
genus Denisonia
genus Dennstaedtia
genus Dentaria
genus Deparia
genus Dermacentor
genus Dermatobia
genus Dermochelys
genus Derris
genus Descurainia
genus Desmanthus
genus Desmidium
genus Desmodium
genus Desmodus
genus Desmograthus
genus Deutzia
genus Diacalpa
genus Diadophis
genus Dialeurodes
genus Dianthus

Literary usage of Genus dermacentor

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Animal Parasites of Man by Harold Benjamin Fantham, Maximilian Gustav Christian Carl Braun (1916)
"FVT] Genus. Dermacentor, Koch. Dermacentor reticulatus, Fabricius, 1794. Syn. : Acarus reticulatus, Fabr., 1794; Ixodes reticulatus, Latreille, 1806; ..."

2. Practical Bacteriology, Blood Work and Animal Parasitology: Including by Edward Rhodes Stitt (1916)
"The most important characteristic of the genus Dermacentor is the large size of the coxae of the fourth pair of legs. Rhipicephalus has palpi without ..."

3. Practical Bacteriology, Blood Work and Animal Parasitology: Including by Edward Rhodes Stitt (1918)
"The most important characteristic of the genus Dermacentor is the large size of the coxae of the fourth pair of legs. Rhipicephalus has palpi without ..."

4. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington by Entomological Society of Washington (1908)
"... plates of the genus Dermacentor, illustrating his talk by a series of fine drawings. He spoke of the difficulty of separating the species of this genus ..."

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