TY - JOUR JF - Acarologia T1 - Oviposition of Rhipicephalus (Digineus) bursa Canestrini and Fanzago, 1877 (Acarina, Ixodidae) in laboratory conditions VL - 27 IS - 2 SP - 117 EP - 120 PY - 1986 SN - 0044-586X SN - 2107-7207 PB - Les Amis d'Acarologia AU - Hueli, L.E. AU - Guevara Benitez, D.C. AU - Garcia Fernandez, P. UR - https://www1.montpellier.inrae.fr/CBGP/acarologia/article.php?id=2642 DA - 1986-04-15 KW - Rhipicephalus (d.) bursa KW - Cattle tick KW - Oviposition pattern AB - A study on the oviposition pattern of the cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Digineus) bursa was carried out. Engorged females dropping from hosts were maintained in an incubator at 28 +/- 1° C, 75 +/- 5 % R.H. and 12/12 light/darkness cycle. The preoviposition period was 4.4 +/- 0.2 days. The mean ( +/- S.E.) number of eggs was 4,201 +/- 290.5 (min. 1,099, max. 7,710). The greatest egg production was recorded on day 2 (avg. 720.4 +/- 33.6 eggs/female). After oviposition the body weight !ost was over 75 per cent from the initial body weight. ER -