LABORATORY LIFE-CYCLE OF IXODES WOODI (ACARI, IXODIDAE)

Authors
BANKS CW OLIVER JH HOPLA CE DOTSON EM
Citation
Cw. Banks et al., LABORATORY LIFE-CYCLE OF IXODES WOODI (ACARI, IXODIDAE), Journal of medical entomology, 35(2), 1998, pp. 177-179
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology,"Veterinary Sciences",Parasitiology
Journal title
Journal of medical entomology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00222585
Volume
35
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
177 - 179
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-2585(1998)35:2<177:LLOIW(>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
A 24-mo study of the laboratory life cycle of the tick Ixodes woodi Bi shopp was conducted. No other such study of any species in the subgenu s Ixodiopsis Filippova has been reported. Three generations of I. wood i were examined. Larvae and nymphs fed for an average of 4 d; approxim ate to 8-9 d were required for females to engorge. Females laid approx imate to 900 eggs that required an average of 37.33 d to hatch.