Accession Number:

AD0670361

Title:

BIOLOGY OF HAEMAPHYSALIS NEUMANNI DONITZ, 1905 (PARTHENOGENESIS),

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NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH UNIT NO 3 CAIRO (EGYPT) DEPT OF MEDICAL ZOOLOGY

Report Date:

1968-01-01

Abstract:

Observations on parthenogenetic development of 4 tick generations showed 1 adult stages feed for 5 or 7 days 2 female ticks commence oviposition on day 5 or 6, very rarely on day 3, and terminate oviposition 16 or 23 days later 3 emergence of larvae commences 22 days after beginning of oviposition, and terminates 36 or 38 days later 4 larvae feed for 3 to 5 days in summer when massive numbers of larvae were placed on animals, detachment was observed after 2 12 or 3 days 6 engorgement of nymphs lasts 4 to 6 days, and feeding process may last 7 or 8 days 7 engorged nymphs molt into adults in about 10 or 15 days 8 depending on size, female ticks do not lower their ovipositing productive capacity for 4 generations, and deposit from 804 to 2,579 eggs 9 anomalies in structure of ticks, except in one case, have not been observed. Author

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Trans. of Vsesoyuznyi Institut Eksperimentalnoi Veterinarii. Trudy (USSR) v28 p129-36 1963.

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0007

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