#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
  supertype:  #hard_tick__ixodid  ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head
  member of:  #genus_Ixodes__Ixodes  type genus of the family Ixodidae
     member of:  #family_Ixodidae__Ixodidae  hard ticks
        member of:  #order_Acarina__Acarina  mites and ticks
           member of:  #class_Arachnida__Arachnida  a large class of arthropods including spiders and ticks and scorpions and daddy longlegs; have four pairs of walking legs and no wings
              member of:  #superclass_Chelicerata__Chelicerata  spiders; scorpions; horseshoe crabs
                 member of:  #phylum_Arthropoda__Arthropoda  jointed-foot invertebrates: arachnids; crustaceans; insects; millipedes; centipedes
                    member of:  #kingdom_Animalia__Animalia__animal_kingdom  taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals

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