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Page 48
... oviposition . The genus Otobius , mentioned above , has more highly specialized feeding habits . Argasid ticks are of considerable economic and medical impor- tance in many parts of the world . However , at the present time they are ...
... oviposition . The genus Otobius , mentioned above , has more highly specialized feeding habits . Argasid ticks are of considerable economic and medical impor- tance in many parts of the world . However , at the present time they are ...
Page 68
... oviposit after each meal , which may number up to six or seven in a lifetime . Under exceptional conditions , a ... Oviposition of moderately large batches continues over a six to ten day period but only three days are required for ...
... oviposit after each meal , which may number up to six or seven in a lifetime . Under exceptional conditions , a ... Oviposition of moderately large batches continues over a six to ten day period but only three days are required for ...
Page 78
... oviposition , but according to Schulze ( 1943B ) , males require only a single blood meal annually . During the larval stage there is no urinary or fecal excretion ( Enigk and Grittner 1952 ) . Nymphs and adults immediately after ...
... oviposition , but according to Schulze ( 1943B ) , males require only a single blood meal annually . During the larval stage there is no urinary or fecal excretion ( Enigk and Grittner 1952 ) . Nymphs and adults immediately after ...
Page 86
... Oviposition commenced eight to 58 days after feeding and larvae hatched after eight to 24 days . The number of eggs per batch ranged from 24 to 96 , and while generally smaller batches showed a higher rate of fertility than larger ...
... Oviposition commenced eight to 58 days after feeding and larvae hatched after eight to 24 days . The number of eggs per batch ranged from 24 to 96 , and while generally smaller batches showed a higher rate of fertility than larger ...
Page 107
... oviposition appears to trigger a physiological release mechanism for , in several instances , three months after- wards females have deposited a fertile egg batch with or without a meal . We are at present attempting to ascertain ...
... oviposition appears to trigger a physiological release mechanism for , in several instances , three months after- wards females have deposited a fertile egg batch with or without a meal . We are at present attempting to ascertain ...
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aegyptium AMBLYOMMA areas Argas argasid Bahr El Ghazal basal basis capituli Bedford Belgian Congo Bequaert BIOLOGY birds brumpti burrows camels collections coxa coxal cycle decoloratus Delpy detritum DISEASE RELATIONS DISTRIBUTION domestic cattle Dönitz dorsal and ventral dromedarii East eggs Egypt engorged Equatoria Province EQUATORIA PROVINCE RECORDS excavatum feeding female fowl FRENCH EQUATORIAL AFRICA FRENCH WEST AFRICA genus Hoogstraal 1954C host humidity Hyalomma hypostome IDENTIFICATION immature stages impressum infested Ixodes Kapoeta Kassala Kenya Khartoum laboratory larvae lateral grooves leachii Lewis male margin marginatum Mettam molt moubata muhsami Neumann Nile Nuttall and Warburton nymphal nymphs occurs Ornithodoros oviposition Palpal parasite persicus pomposum posterior punctations Rageau reported RHODESIA Rousselot rufipes Santos Dias savignyi scupense scutal scutum segment SOMALILAND South Africa SOUTHERN RHODESIA species spur subspecies Sudan Sudan records tampan Tanganyika Tendeiro Theiler and Robinson tick Torit truncatum Uganda variegatum vespertilionis Warburton 1915 WEST AFRICA wide