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Some observations on mating and fertilization in the cattle tick Boophilus microplus

✍ Scribed by JEAN FALK-VAIRANT; PATRICK M. GUERIN; MARIEN DE BRUYNE; MARCEL ROHRER

Book ID
115077536
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1994
Tongue
English
Weight
257 KB
Volume
8
Category
Article
ISSN
0269-283X

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Mating of the cattle tick Boophilus microplus is mediated by chemical stimuli on the cuticle of females. Males are arrested on the dorsum of females attached to the host, frequently sample the substrate, and then tip-over to the ventrally located gonopore. These behaviours are also observed in vitro