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On the duration of larval and nymphal quiescence in male and female Ixodid ticks*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

B. Feldman-Muhsam  and
H. V. Muhsam
B. Feldman-Muhsam
Affiliation:
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
H. V. Muhsam
Affiliation:
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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Differences between sexes in the duration of larval and nymphal quiescence in Ixodid ticks were investigated in Israel in the laboratory. In H. dromedarii Koch the larval quiescence of the male was, on average about 4 hours longer than that of the female, but in Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latr.) no significant difference was found. In five species a statistically significant difference in the length of nymphal quiescence was found between males and females; in three of them, R. sanguineus, R. secundus Fel.-Muh. and H. dromedarii, that of the male exceeded that of the female by 1/2 to 1 1/2 days and in the other two, H. marginatum Koch and H. excavatum Koch, the opposite was found, the difference being 1·3 and 3·7 days, respectively.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 57 , Issue 1 , November 1966 , pp. 101 - 106
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1966

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