Talk:Ixodidae
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Etymology?
[edit]Could some one pls explain the etymology of the word? Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.47.144.145 (talk) 18:15, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
- there is a page about this on wiktionary
- Etymology of Ixodidae Manafinx (talk) 16:31, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
Range shift
[edit]Hello @Candy Gunsallero: Your addition here would be appropriate in this article. It needs better phrasing and template but otherwise is interesting here. I suggest
As climate change worsens, ixodids may start to move closer to the poles to escape warming temperatures near the equator.<ref name="Ogden-et-al-2020">{{cite journal | last=Ogden | first=Nicholas H | last2=Ben Beard | first2=C | last3=Ginsberg | first3=Howard S | last4=Tsao | first4=Jean I | editor-last=Reisen | editor-first=William | title=Possible Effects of Climate Change on Ixodid Ticks and the Pathogens They Transmit: Predictions and Observations | publisher=[[Entomological Society of America]] ([[Oxford University Press|OUP]]) | volume=58 | issue=4 | date=2020-10-28 | issn=0022-2585 | doi=10.1093/jme/tjaa220 | pages=1536–1545 | s2cid=225100792}}</ref>
The edit summary used when reverting you did not explain anything very well – that much text is too much compared to the sentence that preceded it, and that is Tick but your source pertains specifically to this family only. Invasive Spices (talk) 10 April 2022 (UTC)