Nymphal sexual dimorphism in the sheep tick Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae)

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 75-79

  Dusbábek, František ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Development; Ixodes ricinus; Morphology; Nymphs; Sexual dimorphism; Sheep tick

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; IXODES; MALE; MOUSE; NYMPH; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; IXODES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NYMPH; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0029687142     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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