Ticks vz Mites

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TICKS AND MITES

Ticks

Mites

  • Larger in size (macroscopic)
  • Smaller in size (microscopic)
  • Parasitic in nature
  • Free living mites are present
  • Mammilated cuticle present in soft ticks
  • No mammilations. Bristles, scales, setae present
  • Eyes- present or absent
  • Eyes- absent
  • Jointed pedipalp
  • Not jointed pedipalp
  • Chitinous extension of coxae (epimeres) - absent
  • Epimeres present
  • Legs end in claw
  • Legs end in sucker or caruncles
  • Festoons present
  • Absent
  • Ornamentations on dorsal surface of scutum
  • No ornamentations
  • Chitinous plate/shield (scutum) throughout the body divides ticks into soft and hard ticks
  • No scutum
  • Haller's organ on dorsal aspect of first pair of tarsus in leg for sensory functions
  • No Haller's organ
  • Respire through cuticle
  • Act as vectors (biological) for protozoan disease transmission
  •  Not as vectors for disease

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