Life Cycle of Dermacentor everestianus Hirst, 1926 (Acari: Ixodidae) under Laboratory Conditions
The Korean Journal of Parasitology
;
: 193-196, 2017.
Article
in English
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| ID: wpr-50083
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.
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Main subject:
Oviposition
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Ovum
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Dermacentor
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Genetic Fitness
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Larva
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Life Cycle Stages
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Nymph
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
The Korean Journal of Parasitology
Year:
2017
Type:
Article
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