Ticks of North-West Europe: Keys and Notes for Identification of the SpeciesLinnean Society of London and the Estuarine and Coastal Sciences Association, 1996 - Ixodidae - 178 pages |
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... mouthparts in a suitable part of the skin and begins to feed . Several days later , it may become so swollen with blood that its weight is increased 100 or more times . The engorged female then becomes a virtual egg factory which ...
... mouthparts in a suitable part of the skin and begins to feed . Several days later , it may become so swollen with blood that its weight is increased 100 or more times . The engorged female then becomes a virtual egg factory which ...
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... ( mouthparts ) projects anteriorly visible ' from above and below ( less prominent when fully fed ) . Dorsal surface smooth , often shiny . In males , dorsum almost completely covered by a plate or shield ( the scutum ) ; in females and ...
... ( mouthparts ) projects anteriorly visible ' from above and below ( less prominent when fully fed ) . Dorsal surface smooth , often shiny . In males , dorsum almost completely covered by a plate or shield ( the scutum ) ; in females and ...
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... mouthparts and the scutum on the dorsal surface . labrum - Part of the mouthparts , known as the " upper lip " , which separates the chelicerae from the hypostome . The labrum is not visible externally . lagomorphs - Rabbits and their ...
... mouthparts and the scutum on the dorsal surface . labrum - Part of the mouthparts , known as the " upper lip " , which separates the chelicerae from the hypostome . The labrum is not visible externally . lagomorphs - Rabbits and their ...
Contents
Diseases carried by ticks in NW Europe | 22 |
Methods of collection and control | 34 |
Aspects of tick biology | 43 |
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Adult female Adult male aegyptium argasids arrowed auriculae Babesia babesiosis basis and coxa Biology and Ecology birds mentioned Borrelia burgdorferi capitulum chelicerae coll Cornua coxa Dermacentor marginatus Dermacentor reticulatus Diagnosis Disease Relationships Dorsal view external spur feeding female basis female capitulum genital opening Haemaphysalis concinna Haemaphysalis punctata host Hyalomma hypostome infected internal Ixodes acuminatus Ixodes arboricola Ixodes caledonicus Ixodes canisuga Ixodes frontalis Ixodes hexagonus Ixodes ricinus Ixodes trianguliceps Ixodes uriae Ixodes ventalloi ixodids larvae length of male length of unfed longer than wide Lyme disease mammals mammals and birds Material figured names of mammals Nuttall NW Europe nymph Ornithodoros Overall length palp article Palps Palps short parasites parasitised porose areas posterior margin Rhipicephalus sanguineus Rickettsia sand martin scientific names sclerotised scutum species spirochaete spur on coxa Tarsus text are tabled tick Fig tick-borne encephalitis tularemia unfed female unfed nymph vector vespertilionis view of female virus width of basis