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Ixodidae

Animal
The Ixodidae are the family of hard ticks or scale ticks, one of the three families of ticks, consisting of over 700 species. They are known as 'hard ticks' because they have a scutum or hard shield, which the other major family of ticks, the... Wikipedia
Scientific name: Ixodidae
Class: Arachnida
Family: Ixodidae; C. L. Koch, 1844
Higher classification: Ixodoidea
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia