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Biological cycle of Argas (Persicargas) keiransi fed on hen´s blood under laboratory conditions
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2013-12Registro en:
Ardiles, Karen; González Acuña, D.; Sepulveda, Maria Soledad; Vargas, Pamela; Guglielmone, Alberto Alejandro; Biological cycle of Argas (Persicargas) keiransi fed on hen´s blood under laboratory conditions; American Entomological Society; Entomological News; 123; 3; 12-2013; 174-177
0013-872X
Autor
Ardiles, Karen
González Acuña, D.
Sepulveda, Maria Soledad
Vargas, Pamela
Guglielmone, Alberto Alejandro
Resumen
A. keiransi Estrada-Peria, Venzal & Gonzalez-Acufia (Acari: Argasidae) be-long to the subgenus Persicargas, which includes soft bodied ticks distributed worldwide and commonly found parasitizing birds (Klompen, 1992). Argas (Persicargas) keiransi was described from engorged larvae of the Chimango Caracara (Milvago chimango chimango Vieillot (Ayes: Falconiformes: Falconi-dae: Caracarinae)) from Chillan (Bio Bio Region), Chile (Estrada-Pena et al. 2003). Females of A. keiransi were later described by Estrada-Pefla et al. (2006), also based on specimens from Chillan. The objective of this study was to describe the biological cycle of A. keiransi under laboratory conditions and compare it with related species.