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Page 48
... females seek shel- ter . Chances that hatching larvae will find a favourable host near- by are reasonably good . Larvae of ... female , for oviposition . The genus Otobius , mentioned above , has more highly specialized feeding habits ...
... females seek shel- ter . Chances that hatching larvae will find a favourable host near- by are reasonably good . Larvae of ... female , for oviposition . The genus Otobius , mentioned above , has more highly specialized feeding habits ...
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 lived two years and three months , ( 2 ) it produced fertile eggs four months after isolation , and ( 3 ) larvae lived for three months . Test 2 : ( 1 ) Males died four months after isolation , ( 2 ) first female died after two ...
... female lived two years and three months , ( 2 ) it produced fertile eggs four months after isolation , and ( 3 ) larvae lived for three months . Test 2 : ( 1 ) Males died four months after isolation , ( 2 ) first female died after two ...
Page 85
... ( King 1926 ) . One male fertilized at least three females . Four nymphal stages were ob served . A certain mature female collected in July , 1918 was still alive in December , 1926 . Recently , Davis and Mavros ( 1956B ) have been - 85 -
... ( King 1926 ) . One male fertilized at least three females . Four nymphal stages were ob served . A certain mature female collected in July , 1918 was still alive in December , 1926 . Recently , Davis and Mavros ( 1956B ) have been - 85 -
Page 86
... females required three nymphal instars and two females underwent a fourth nymphal molt . Three pairs fed twice in the ... female oviposited a second time without a second feeding or mating . The most fertile fe male fed a second time and ...
... females required three nymphal instars and two females underwent a fourth nymphal molt . Three pairs fed twice in the ... female oviposited a second time without a second feeding or mating . The most fertile fe male fed a second time and ...
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adanal shields adults aegyptium Amblyomma areas Argas Bahr El Ghazal basis capituli Bedford Belgian Congo Bequaert BIOLOGY BMNH camels collections coxa cycle decoloratus Delpy detritum DISTRIBUTION District domestic cattle domestic dogs domestic goats dorsal and ventral dromedarii East eggs Egypt engorged Equatoria Province EQUATORIA PROVINCE RECORDS evertsi excavatum feeding female fever Forest FRENCH WEST AFRICA genus goats Hoogstraal 1954B host humidity Hyalomma immature stages impressum infested Ixodes Kapoeta Kassala Kenya Khartoum larvae larvae and nymphs lateral grooves leachii Lewis male marginatum Matthysse 1954 Mettam molt moubata Mozambique Neumann Nile northern Nuttall and Warburton nymphal nymphs Ornithodoros parasite persicus Pomerantzev posterior margin pravus Rageau reported RHIPICEPHALUS Rickettsia rodents Rousselot rufipes sanguineus Santos Dias savignyi scutal punctations scutum sheep simus SOMALILAND South Africa Southern Rhodesia species subspecies Sudan Sudan records tampan Tanganyika Tendeiro Theiler and Robinson tick truncatum Uganda variegatum WEST AFRICA wide Zumpt