What Is the Correct Scientific Name for the Tick That Transmits Lyme Disease?
Until relatively recently, ticks found in the northeastern U.S. were considered by a few researchers to be a different species they named Ixodes dammini, and this scientific name appears in older articles pertaining to Lyme disease. However, detailed study of anatomy and biology by tick researchers revealed that “Ixodes dammini” and Ixodes scapularis are the same species, a finding accepted by nearly all scientists who study ticks and Lyme disease.
