Journal of Medical Entomology (1992) 29, 690-697

Larry R. Hilburn and Ronald B. Davey (1992)
Test for assortative mating between Boophilus microplus and Boophilus annulatus (Acari: Ixodidae)
Journal of Medical Entomology 29 (4), 690-697
Abstract: The closely related cattle ticks, Boophilus microplus (Canestrini) and B. annulatus (Say), were tested for possible assortative mating under conditions designed to mimic those in the field. Patterns in the numbers of the four possible types of matings were generally indicative of a preference for conspecific mates in both species. There were significantly more conspecific and fewer interspecific matings than would be predicted from the observed frequencies of males and females among the two species had they mated at random.
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Database assignments for author(s): Ronald B. Davey

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Rhipicephalus microplus		U.S.A. (mid S)
	Rhipicephalus annulatus