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Table 2.1
Laboratory Life Cycle of Haemaphysalis campanulata (Reared on Rabbits)
Generation and Stage
Phase
Period in Days
F1 adult
Feeding
9
14
4
7
F1 adult
Pre-oviposition
12
24
F1 adult
Oviposition
25
29
F2 egg
Incubation
F2 larva
Feeding
2
10
F2 larva
Post-parasitic (pre-molting)
10
13
F2 nymph
Feeding
3
7
F2 nymph
Post-parasitic (pre-molting)
11
27
Figure 2.46
Distribution of
H. indoflava in India. (
) Place
of first record.
Map not to scale.
2.6.2 Haemaphysalis indoflava
This species was first collected and described by Bhat and Dhanda in 1968. The
collection was made in Uttarakhand state (previously part of Uttar Pradesh state),
and all the samples were collected by flag dragging. Previously this species was
misidentified as Haemaphysalis flava of Japan, which was originally described by
