Life Cycle of Dermacentor everestianus Hirst, 1926 (Acari: Ixodidae) under Laboratory Conditions
2017
Shang Jin, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China | Tianhong Wang, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China | Tuo Li, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China | Ming Liu, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China | Qingying Jia, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China | Xiaolong Yang, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China | Hui Wang, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China | Zhijun Yu, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China | Jingze Liu, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China
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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