Korean J Parasitol.
2017 Apr;55(2):193-196. 10.3347/kjp.2017.55.2.193.
Life Cycle of Dermacentor everestianus Hirst, 1926 (Acari: Ixodidae) under Laboratory Conditions
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- 1Key Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Hebei Province, College of Life Sciences, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050024, China. yzj116@163.com, liujingze@hebtu.edu.cn
- 2Institute of Biochemistry, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive Ottawa, Ontario K1S âµB6, Canada.
- KMID: 2379422
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2017.55.2.193
Abstract
- This study investigated the development characteristics of Dermacentor everestianus under laboratory conditions. The time taken for D. everestianus to complete the whole life cycle was 110.2 days on average, and the average developmental durations of larvae and nymphs were 17.1 days and 29.5 days, respectively. The summation of the prefeeding, feeding, and preoviposition periods of females was 17.8 days, and the oviposition and egg incubation lasted for 18.1 days and 27.7 days, respectively. A highly positive correlation was observed between the weight of engorged female and the number of egg mass laid (r=0.947). The reproductive efficiency index and the reproductive fitness index were 7.1 and 6.1, respectively.
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