is a specific kind of: arthropod genus.

has as a member: deer tick, Ixodes dammini | Ixodes neotomae | Ixodes pacificus, western black-legged tick | black-legged tick, Ixodes scapularis | Ixodes ricinus, sheep-tick, sheep tick | Ixodes persulcatus | Ixodes dentatus | Ixodes spinipalpis.

is a member of: family Ixodidae, Ixodidae.