Influence of photoperiod and temperature on the larval behavioral diapause of amblyomma cajennense (Acari: Ixodidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1303-1309

  Cabrera, Ricardo R ^a,b   Labruna, Marcelo B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTO AMARO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amblyomma cajennense; Brazil; Diapause; Ixodidae; Tick

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA CAJENNENSE; BRACHIARIA; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; UROCHLOA BRIZANTHA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MOLTING; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TICK; TIME;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; IXODIDAE; LARVA; MOLTING; PHOTOPERIOD; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 75549083297     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/033.046.0608     Document Type: Article

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