Development of the Tick Ixodes Dammini (Acarina: Ixodidae) in the Laboratory1
- 7 November 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Medical Entomology
- Vol. 16 (4) , 354-355
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jmedent/16.4.354
Abstract
The development of Ixodes dammini in the laboratory, was compared with published data about I. scapularis and I. muris. Some differences in feeding and mating behavior between I. muris and the other 2 species were noted. The molting period of I. dammini nymphs was 12–20 days, longer than that reported for nymphs of I. scapularis. This biologic observation supports existing geographic and morphologic evidence for separating I. dammini and I. scapularis as 2 distinct species.Keywords
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