Experimental and Applied Acarology (2015) 67, 309-315

Cristian Magdas, Virginia Ana Magdas, Andrei Daniel Mihalca, Horea Baciu, Calin Mircea Gherman, Cristina Laura Stefanut, Menelaos Lefkaditis and Vasile Cozma (2015)
Laboratory development of Dermacentor marginatus ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) at two temperatures
Experimental and Applied Acarology 67 (2), 309-315
Abstract: The influence of two temperatures on the development of Dermacentor marginatus evolutive cycle was studied. Tests performed under controlled laboratory conditions at 21 °C, 80 % RH and 27 °C, RH 80 %, on ten fully engorged female ticks collected from naturally infested goats, in Cluj County, Romania. Hatched larvae were fed on white mice and the nymphs and adults on guinea pigs. The following parameters were evaluated: egg incubation; pre-feeding, feeding and pre-moulting for larvae and nymphs; pre-feeding, feeding, pre-oviposition and oviposition for females. Significant differences (p < 0.001)were observed in: egg incubation period (29.4 ± 1.07 at 21 °C; 5.9 ± 0.73 at 27 °C) and pre-moulting duration of larvae (18.9 ± 1.02 at 21 °C; 6.1 ± 0.58 at 27 °C) and nymphs (21.3 ± 0.87 at 21 °C; 19.9 ± 0.71 at 27 °C). The average duration of the developmental cycle was 133.9 days (range 122–154 days) at 21 °C, and 94.2 days (range 83–111 days) at 27 °C.
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Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
general biology - morphology - evolution
rearing/culturing/mass production

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Dermacentor marginatus		Romania