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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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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