Development Features of Ixodes ricinus × I. persulcatus Hybrids under Laboratory Conditions.

ABSTRACT: Widely distributed Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes persulcatus ticks transmit many pathogens of both medical and veterinary significance. The ranges of these tick species overlap and form large sympatric areas in the East European Plain and Baltic countries. It has previously been shown that crossing I. ricinus and I. persulcatus is possible, resulting in the appearance of sterile hybrids. In the present study, we analyzed the features of this hybrid's life cycle under laboratory conditions. For this purpose, virgin females of I. ricinus and I. persulcatus ticks were obtained in the laboratory, and hybrid generations of ticks were bred from the reciprocal crossings of these two tick species. According to our data, mating the females of I. ricinus

SUBMITTER: Belova OA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10536943 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature