What is dermacentor?

Dermacentor is a genus of ticks.
D. andersoni The wood tick, a transmitter of Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia and the cause of tick paralysis.
D. variabillis The American dog tick, the transmitter of spotted fever and tularemia.

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