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... inner endocuticle commences to grow in thickness , but when feeding does take place there is an acceleration in the rate of growth of this layer so that when the tick has fed for 6–7 days the inner endocuticle is some 45μ thick ( Fig ...
... inner endocuticle commences to grow in thickness , but when feeding does take place there is an acceleration in the rate of growth of this layer so that when the tick has fed for 6–7 days the inner endocuticle is some 45μ thick ( Fig ...
Page 99
... inner face , but the lateral profile is strongly bulbous dorsally , narrowing quite appreciably ventrally ( Fig . 36d ) . The palpi of Ixodes and Derma- centor ticks fuse with the rest of the basis along the entire length of the inner ...
... inner face , but the lateral profile is strongly bulbous dorsally , narrowing quite appreciably ventrally ( Fig . 36d ) . The palpi of Ixodes and Derma- centor ticks fuse with the rest of the basis along the entire length of the inner ...
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... inner face . A thin , much - folded inner cheliceral sheath arises from the dorsal process and comes to lie between the cheliceral shaft and what is still indicated as part of the outer cheliceral sheath ( Figs . 37h , i ) . The ventral ...
... inner face . A thin , much - folded inner cheliceral sheath arises from the dorsal process and comes to lie between the cheliceral shaft and what is still indicated as part of the outer cheliceral sheath ( Figs . 37h , i ) . The ventral ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
CUTICLETHE KEY TO TICK ADAPTABILITY | 10 |
EXTERNAL FEATURES OF SOME ECONOMICALLY IMPORTANT SPECIES | 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 Ixodes ricinus Ixodidae large number larvae larvae and nymphs lateral layer Lees legs length louping ill lumen male membrane microplus Milne moult muscles Nuttall nymphal nymphs nymphs and adults occur palp palpi parasites Parasitology pathogens period persicus pharynx Pomerantzev posterior margin punctations rabbits relapsing fever reported Rhipicephalus rickettsiae rounded salivary glands sanguineus scutum sheep 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