Life Cycle of Dermacentor everestianus Hirst, 1926 (Acari: Ixodidae) under Laboratory Conditions.

Author:

Jin, S, Wang, T, Li, T, Liu, M, Jia, Q, Yang, X, Wang, H, Yu, Z, and Lu, J

Publication type:

Journal Article

Publication date:

2017-04

Journal/Series title:

Korean J Parasitol

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URL:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5450962/

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.