Synonyms for Ixodes Scapularis (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 (parasitic on mice of genus Peromyscus and bites humans; principal vector for Lyme disease in eastern United States (especially New England); northern form was for a time known as Ixodes dammini (deer tick)):
black-legged tickFrom the ODE community, based on WordNetadd/edit