Oviposition and eclosion periods of Ixodes didelphidis Fonseca and Aragão, 1951 (Acari: Ixodidae) under laboratory conditions

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Darci Moraes Barros-battesti²  Valeria Castilho Onofrio²  Simone Michaela Simons²  Virginia Lucia Nazario Bonoldi¹  Natalino Hajime Yoshinari¹ 

[1] ,Instituto Butantan Laboratório de Parasitologia São Paulo SP ,Brasil

关键词: Ixodes didelphidis;    oviposition;    eclosion;    laboratory conditions;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0074-02762000000600029

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Oviposition and eclosion periods for Ixodes didelphidis were observed under two temperatures (25ºC and 27ºC) and 90-95% humidity. Although there was a significant increase in the eclosion period (p<0.05) and a tendency to increase the oviposition period at 25ºC, there was neither significant differences in the interval (days), until maximum peak of eclosion nor in the number of emerging larvae during the peak nor the total number of emerged larvae. These temperature values are not critical for embryological development of the species. Because at 27ºC and under high humidity the oviposition and eclosion periods are shorter, and the percentage of emerged larvae is higher, we consider this to be the ideal temperature for laboratory studies.

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