Morphology of the foveal glands and foveae dorsales in male Hyalomma truncatum and Rhipicephalus evertsi mimeticus ticks (Acari; Ixodidae) before and during feeding

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 511-532

  Scheuer, H ^a   Schol H ^a   Gobel E ^a   Gothe, R ^a  

^a Institute for Comparative Tropical Medicine and Parasitology   (Germany)

Author keywords

foveal glands; Hyalomma truncatum; Male ticks; morphology; Rhipicephalus evertsi mimeticus

Indexed keywords

ACARI; HYALOMMA TRUNCATUM; IXODIDAE; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS EVERTSI; RHIPICEPHALUS EVERTSI MIMETICUS;

EID: 0030472012     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00048284     Document Type: Article

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