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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 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 ...
Page 108
... oviposit in nature and where unengorged larvae rest before seeking a host has not yet been satisfactorily determined Throughout Europe and Africa interstices in the walls of bat- infested caves and buildings are the most common habitats ...
... oviposit in nature and where unengorged larvae rest before seeking a host has not yet been satisfactorily determined Throughout Europe and Africa interstices in the walls of bat- infested caves and buildings are the most common habitats ...
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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