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Tropical horse tick

Dermacentor nitens Neumann, 1897

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 nitens Neumann, 1897
Name authority
Neumann, 1897
Common name
Tropical horse 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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumArthropoda
  4. subphylumChelicerata
  5. classArachnida
  6. superorderParasitiformes
  7. orderIxodida
  8. familyIxodidae
  9. genusDermacentor
  10. speciesDermacentor nitens Neumann, 1897

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Dermacentor. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Dermacentor abaensis Teng, 1963IxodidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Rocky Mountain wood tickDermacentor andersoni Stiles, 1908IxodidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Dermacentor atrosignatus Neumann, 1906IxodidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Dermacentor auratus Supino, 1897IxodidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Dermacentor circumguttatus Neumann, 1897IxodidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Dermacentor dispar Cooley, 1937IxodidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Dermacentor hunteri Bishopp, 1912IxodidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Dermacentor latus Cooley, 1937IxodidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Ornate sheep tickDermacentor marginatus Sulzer, 1776IxodidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Dermacentor montanus Filippova & Panova, 1974IxodidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Rabbit DermacentorDermacentor parumapertus Neumann, 1901IxodidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Dermacentor raskemensis Pomerantsev, 1946IxodidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 17 records assigned to Ixodidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Anocentor columbianus Schulze, 1937 Schulze, 1937synonym
Otocentor nitens Cooley, 1938 Cooley, 1938synonym
Anocentor nitens Mohler, 1939 Mohler, 1939synonym

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Mexico, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Italy, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Virgin Islands (British), Virgin Islands (U.S.)

native · native

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:34WMS. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.