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- Title
Life Cycle of Dermacentor everestianus Hirst, 1926 (Acari: Ixodidae) under Laboratory Conditions.
- Authors
Shang Jin; Tianhong Wang; Tuo Li; Ming Liu; Qingying Jia; Xiaolong Yang; Hui Wang; Zhijun Yu; Jingze Liu
- Abstract
This study investigated the development characteristics of Dermacentor everestianus under laboratory conditions. The time taken for D. everestianus to complete the whole life cycle was 110.2 days on average, and the average developmental durations of larvae and nymphs were 17.1 days and 29.5 days, respectively. The summation of the prefeeding, feeding, and preoviposition periods of females was 17.8 days, and the oviposition and egg incubation lasted for 18.1 days and 27.7 days, respectively. A highly positive correlation was observed between the weight of engorged female and the number of egg mass laid (r=0.947). The reproductive efficiency index and the reproductive fitness index were 7.1 and 6.1, respectively.
- Subjects
DERMACENTOR; PARASITE life cycles; LABORATORY infections; OVIPARITY; LARVAE
- Publication
Korean Journal of Parasitology, 2017, Vol 55, Issue 2, p193
- ISSN
0023-4001
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3347/kjp.2017.55.2.193