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... Ixodidae . An outline of the scuta is present , but it is not structurally differ- entiated from the rest of the dorsum . The capitulum and mouth parts are anteriorly placed , as in the Ixodidae , but the segments of the palp are ...
... Ixodidae . An outline of the scuta is present , but it is not structurally differ- entiated from the rest of the dorsum . The capitulum and mouth parts are anteriorly placed , as in the Ixodidae , but the segments of the palp are ...
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Don Ramsay Arthur. of the Ixodidae also take up water through the cuticle after desicca- tion and the rate of uptake over a unit area of cuticle is approxi- mately the same in all species of the Ixodidae . In Ornithodoros moubata ...
Don Ramsay Arthur. of the Ixodidae also take up water through the cuticle after desicca- tion and the rate of uptake over a unit area of cuticle is approxi- mately the same in all species of the Ixodidae . In Ornithodoros moubata ...
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... Ixodidae . Lees , and Lees and Beament ( 1948 ) have shown that the property of impermeability of the cuticle and of the egg shell is conferred on it by the layer of wax . This wax layer under- goes transitional changes at certain ...
... Ixodidae . Lees , and Lees and Beament ( 1948 ) have shown that the property of impermeability of the cuticle and of the egg shell is conferred on it by the layer of wax . This wax layer under- goes transitional changes at certain ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
CUTICLE THE KEY TO TICK ADAPTABILITY | 10 |
EXTERNAL FEATURES OF SOME ECONOMICALLY IMPORTANT SPECIES 27 | 27 |
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activity Africa Amblyomma andersoni animals appear areas argasid Argasidae attached Babesia basis capituli bite body Boophilus broad capitulum cattle cells Cervical grooves cheliceral colour coxa coxal cuticle cytoplasm Dermacentor disease dogs dorsal view eggs endocuticle engorged epicuticle evertsi external spur feeding fluid fully fed genus granules Haemaphysalis hairs hard ticks hexagonus Hoogstraal host humidity Hyalomma hypostome infection inner Ixodes ricinus large number larvae larvae and nymphs lateral layer Lees legs length louping ill lumen male mammals membrane microplus moult muscles Nuttall nymphal nymphs nymphs and adults occur palp palpi parasites pathogens period persicus pharynx posterior margin punctations rabbits relapsing fever reported Rhipicephalus rickettsiae rounded salivary glands sanguineus scutum sheep skin soft ticks spermatophore spiracle Spiracular plate spirochaetes spotted fever spur on coxa surface tarsus tarsus IV temperature Theileria tick species tissues transmission transmitted transverse unfed females variabilis vector ventral virus whilst