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Page 48
... females seek shel- ter . Chances that hatching larvae will find a favourable host near- by are reasonably good ... female , for oviposition . The genus Otobius , mentioned above , has more highly specialized feeding habits . Argasid ...
... females seek shel- ter . Chances that hatching larvae will find a favourable host near- by are reasonably good ... female , for oviposition . The genus Otobius , mentioned above , has more highly specialized feeding habits . Argasid ...
Page 68
... females oviposit after each meal , which may number up to six or seven in a lifetime . Under exceptional conditions , a female may require two blood meals before laying eggs . The greatest number of eggs deposited after the first few ...
... females oviposit after each meal , which may number up to six or seven in a lifetime . Under exceptional conditions , a female may require two blood meals before laying eggs . The greatest number of eggs deposited after the first few ...
Page 69
... female died after two years and four months , ( 3 ) two females lived three years , ( 4 ) three females lived four years , and ( 5 ) the maximum time a fe male lived was four years and five months . Removal of fowls from a house or yard ...
... female died after two years and four months , ( 3 ) two females lived three years , ( 4 ) three females lived four years , and ( 5 ) the maximum time a fe male lived was four years and five months . Removal of fowls from a house or yard ...
Page 78
... Females feed prior to 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 ...
... Females feed prior to 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 ...
Page 85
... Females brood over their eggs until larvae emerge ( confirmed by Davis and Mavros 1956 ) , as has been observed for ... females . Four nymphal stages were ob served . A certain mature female collected in July , 1918 was still alive in ...
... Females brood over their eggs until larvae emerge ( confirmed by Davis and Mavros 1956 ) , as has been observed for ... females . Four nymphal stages were ob served . A certain mature female collected in July , 1918 was still alive in ...
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adanal shields adults aegyptium AMBLYOMMA areas Argas Bahr El Ghazal basis capituli Bedford Belgian Congo Bequaert BIOLOGY Brumpt burrows camels collections coxa coxal cycle Delpy detritum DISTRIBUTION domestic cattle domestic dog domestic goats Dönitz dorsal and ventral dromedarii East eggs Egypt engorged Equatoria Province EQUATORIA PROVINCE RECORDS excavatum feeding female fever Forest FRENCH WEST AFRICA genital goats Hoogstraal 1954C host humidity Hyalomma immature stages impressum infested Ixodes Kapoeta Kassala Kenya larvae larvae and nymphs lateral grooves leachii lepidum Lewis male marginatum Mettam molt moubata Muhsam Neumann Nile northern Nuttall and Warburton nymphal nymphs occur Ornithodoros parasite persicus Pomerantzev pomposum Rageau reported RHIPICEPHALUS RHODESIA Rousselot rufipes sanguineus Santos Dias savignyi Schulze scutal punctations scutum sheep simus SOMALILAND South Africa SOUTHERN RHODESIA species subspecies Sudan Sudan records Sudan specimens tampan Tanganyika Theiler and Robinson tick Torit District truncatum Uganda variegatum warthog WEST AFRICA Wilson Zumpt