Experimental Studies on The Life Cycle of A Lizard Pentastomid
- 20 June 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Medical Entomology
- Vol. 10 (3) , 301-302
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jmedent/10.3.301
Abstract
In previous reports (Lavoipierre & Lavoipierre, 1965, Med. J. Malaya 20: 72; Lavoipierre & Lavoipierre, 1966, Nature 210: 845) we provided evidence that the American cockroach, Periplaneta americana, is an intermediate host of the gecko pentastomid, Raillietiella hemidactyli, in Singapore. Our conclusions were based on ecological data and on a comparison of parasites dissected both from the invertebrate and vertebrate hosts. Since this work was published we have studied experimentally some aspects of the life cycle of the parasite and a brief summary of our investigations is given here.Keywords
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