SPERMATOGENESIS IN THE IXODID TICK HAEMAPHYSALIS (HERPETOBIA) SULCATA(ACARINA, IXODIDAE)

Authors
VALERO A HUELI LE DIAZSAEZ V
Citation
A. Valero et al., SPERMATOGENESIS IN THE IXODID TICK HAEMAPHYSALIS (HERPETOBIA) SULCATA(ACARINA, IXODIDAE), The Journal of parasitology, 83(2), 1997, pp. 212-214
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Parasitiology
Journal title
The Journal of parasitology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223395
Volume
83
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
212 - 214
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3395(1997)83:2<212:SITITH>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Haemaphysalis sulcata (Acarina, Ixodidae) is a common ectoparasite of wild artiodactyls (mouflon and wild goat) in Sierra Nevada (Granada, s outhern Spain). A study of the spermatogonial meiosis of 15 H. sulcata males was carried out. The diploid complement is 2n = 21 and its sex determination is XX:XO. The behavior of the chromosomes in the differe nt stages of meiosis was also investigated, and the possible presence of a secondary nucleolar organizer region in H. sulcata is discussed.