Larval Behavioral Diapause Regulates Life Cycle of Amblyomma cajennense (Acari: Ixodidae) in Southeast Brazil

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 170-178

  Labruna, Marcelo B ^a   Amaku, Marcos ^a   Metzner, João Augusto ^a   Pinter, Adriano ^a   Ferreira, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amblyomma cajennense; Brazil; Diapause; Premolt period

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA CAJENNENSE; INVERTEBRATA; IXODIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CLIMATE; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; MOLTING; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; TICK;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CLIMATE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; IXODIDAE; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MOLTING; OVIPOSITION; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0038361352     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-40.2.170     Document Type: Review

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