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title: "Western Dog Tick"
description: "Dermacentor similis — Insecten en spinnen. Dermacentor similis is the Western United States tick species corresponding to Dermacentor variabilis in the Eastern United States."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/western-dog-tick
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Western Dog Tick

> Dermacentor similis — Insecten en spinnen. Dermacentor similis is the Western United States tick species corresponding to Dermacentor variabilis in the Eastern United States.

- Scientific name: *Dermacentor similis*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 955
- iNaturalist taxon: [1273095](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1273095)

## Names

- en: Western Dog Tick

## Countries with the most observations

US (664)

## Summary

Dermacentor similis is the Western United States tick species corresponding to Dermacentor variabilis in the Eastern United States.
Using an integrative taxonomy framework, analyses comprising mitochondrial and nuclear molecular markers and morphology of specimens collected from central-eastern and western United States yielded strong evidence that D. variabilis corresponds to two species, Dermacentor variabilis in the east and Dermacentor similis n. sp. in the west.
Since Dermacentor variabilis is a three-host tick and the transmitter of several pathogens, it is crucial to delineate Dermacentor similis' host range…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermacentor_similis

## Photo

![Western Dog Tick](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/western-dog-tick/medium.jpg)

Photo: Irene · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/277188733

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/western-dog-tick?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).