| 1. | Most hard ticks have a three-host lifecycle.
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| 2. | Fossil and phylogenetic data places the hard tick-soft tick divergence between and.
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| 3. | The Ixodidae contains over 700 species of hard ticks with a scutum or hard shield, which the Argasidae lack.
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| 4. | Soft ticks of the family Argasidae lack the hard scutum or shield present in hard ticks of the family Ixodidae.
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| 5. | Hard ticks have a variety of life histories with respect to optimizing their chance of contact with an appropriate host to ensure survival.
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| 6. | Parasites recorded in this genus include the widespread hard ticks of the genera " Haemaphysalis " and " Ixodes ".
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| 7. | Unlike hard ticks, many soft ticks go through multiple nymphal stages, gradually increasing in size until the final molt to the adult stage.
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| 8. | Of the 702 species in 14 genera, 27 species of hard ticks belonging to nine genera have been reported to date from Sri Lanka.
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| 9. | Almost all ticks belong to one of two major families, the Ixodidae or hard ticks, which are difficult to crush, and the Argasidae or soft ticks.
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| 10. | It is a three-host tick and a member of the family Ixodidae, commonly called the " hard ticks, " and the genus " Haemaphysalis ".
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