TY  - JOUR
JF  - Acarologia
T1  - The effect of flooding and sodium chloride on the development of Amblyomma variegatum (Fabricius, 1974) (Acarina, Ixodidae)
VL  - 34
IS  - 2
SP  - 123
EP  - 129
PY  - 1993
SN  - 0044-586X
SN  - 2107-7207
PB  - Les Amis d'Acarologia
AU  - Ekpenyong, G.D.
UR  - https://www1.montpellier.inrae.fr/CBGP/acarologia/article.php?id=2357
DA  - 1993-06-15
KW  - Factor of distributio
KW  - flooding
KW  - Amblyomma variegatum
AB  - The effect of flooding in water and sodium chloride were investigated to establish ecological factors that limit the widespread distribution of Amblyomma variegatum in some localities. Samples of replete adults, eggs, and larvae of A. variegatum were immersed in 500 ml of water for different durations (3, 6, 12, 24, 48, 72, and 96h), then dried and incubated at 25-degrees-C, 85% RH. A second batch was immersed in 500 ml of different sodium chloride concentrations (0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 and 100%) for periods as stated earlier and thereafter incubated. They were observed for preoviposition time, ovipositional pattern and time of egg eclosion. Results showed that replete females died only after 24 h flooding in water. Eggs were most resistant to flooding. Replete females and larvae were more tolerant to Nacl solution than the eggs.
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