TY  - JOUR
JF  - Acarologia
T1  - Oviposition of Dermacentor (Dermacentor) marginatus Sulzer, 1776 (Acarina, Ixodidae) under laboratory conditions
VL  - 29
IS  - 3
SP  - 261
EP  - 265
PY  - 1988
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=2551
DA  - 1988-09-30
KW  - Dermacentor (D.)
KW  - Marginatus
KW  - oviposition
KW  - pattern
KW  - reproduction
KW  - efficiency
AB  - A study on the oviposition pattern of Dermacentor (D.) marginatlls unde; controlled laboratory conditions (28 ± 1°C, 75 ± 5 % H. R. and a 12/12 light/darkness cycle) was carried out. The average (± S.E.) period of preoviposition was 4.9 ± 0.6 days and the average period of oviposition, 15.3 ± 0.5 days. The average total number of eggs per female was 4151 ± 391 (min. 382, max. 8746). It was observed highly significant linear correlation (r = 0.979) between female weights and number of eggs laid by them. The reproductive efficiency of D. marginatlls, determined by the Conversion Efficiency Index (CEI) and Nutrient Index (NI) was: 63.9 ± 2 % (25.4-82) and 80.8 ± 2 % (45.6-90), respectively.
ER -