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NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Ornate sheep tick
Dermacentor marginatus Sulzer, 1776
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Dermacentor marginatus Sulzer, 1776
- Name authority
- Sulzer, 1776
- Common name
- Ornate sheep tick
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Arachnida
- Order
- Ixodida
- Family
- Ixodidae
- Genus
- Dermacentor
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumChelicerata
- classArachnida
- superorderParasitiformes
- orderIxodida
- familyIxodidae
- genusDermacentor
- speciesDermacentor marginatus Sulzer, 1776
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Dermacentor. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Dermacentor abaensis Teng, 1963 | IxodidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rocky Mountain wood tickDermacentor andersoni Stiles, 1908 | IxodidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dermacentor atrosignatus Neumann, 1906 | IxodidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dermacentor auratus Supino, 1897 | IxodidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dermacentor circumguttatus Neumann, 1897 | IxodidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dermacentor dispar Cooley, 1937 | IxodidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dermacentor hunteri Bishopp, 1912 | IxodidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dermacentor latus Cooley, 1937 | IxodidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dermacentor montanus Filippova & Panova, 1974 | IxodidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tropical horse tickDermacentor nitens Neumann, 1897 | IxodidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rabbit DermacentorDermacentor parumapertus Neumann, 1901 | IxodidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dermacentor raskemensis Pomerantsev, 1946 | IxodidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:34WML. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.