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THE LARVA OF IXODES COOKEI (ACARINA: IXODIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Ronald C. Ko
Ronald C. Ko
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, College of Biological Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario
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Abstract

The larva of Ixodes cookei Packard, a common ixodid tick in eastern North America, is described. The description is based on specimens hatched from eggs in the laboratory. The eggs were from females collected from groundhogs (Marmota monax Erxleben) trapped in spring in southern Ontario.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 105 , Issue 2 , February 1973 , pp. 245 - 248
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1973

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