![]() (1912) The life history and bionomics of some North American ticks. Hooker, W.A., Bishopp, F.C., & Wood, H.P. (1955) Seasonal abundance of the tick, Dermacentor parumapertus. National Institutes of Health Bulletin No. (1938) The genera Dermacentor and Otocentor in the United States, with studies in variation. (1945) Distribution and hosts of certain North American ticks. USDA Bureau of Entomology, Technical Series No. (1908) A revision of the Ixodoidea, or ticks, of the United States. The Genera Dermacentor, Anocentor, Cosmiomma, Boophilus, & Margaropus. (1960) Ticks: A Monograph of the Ixodoidea. ![]() variabilis and since both species have been reported from rabbit hosts.Īrthur, D.R. parumapertus is important, particularly as white-marked specimens can easily be confused with D. Documentation of this variability in ornamentation in D. Males from Texas were variously ornamented along the posterolateral margins of the scutum and displayed white spots distally on all femurs. Females were brightly marked with white (not gray) on the scutum and had white spots distally on all femurs. In contrast, Texas specimens were richly ornamented in white, closely resembling D. Females displayed only slight gray ornamentation near the posterior edge of the scutum and whitish-gray spots distally on the femur of legs II, III, and IV males were completely devoid of any ornamentation. parumapertus ticks (21F, 53M) removed from 8 black-tailed jackrabbits, Lepus californicus, in central Utah, and 13 adult D. These ticks are rarely encountered except by hunters or scientists collecting rabbits for study. The hard tick Dermacentor parumapertus is an ectoparasite commonly found on hares and rabbits and occurs over much of the western United States. Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 40333, U.S.A.ĭermacentor parumapertus, sampling, identification, ornamentation, Utah, Texas Abstract Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology and Plant Pathology, 100 Twelve Lane, Clay Lyle Entomology Building, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, U.S.A
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