Nymphal diapause and its photoperiodic control in the tick Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae)

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 314-318

  Belozerov, Valentin N ^a   Naumov, Rudolf L ^b  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b EI Martsinovsky I of M P/T M   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Developmental diapause; Ixodes scapularis; Ixodid ticks; Nymphal stage; Photoperiodic response

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; IXODES; IXODES RICINUS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 0036949970     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2002.058     Document Type: Article

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