Miranda-Miranda E, Cossio-Bayugar R, Martinez-Ibañez F, Bautista-Garfias C R
Centro Nacional de Investigación Disciplinaria en Parasitología Veterinaria, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciónes Forestales y Agrícolas y Pecuarías, Jiutepec, Mexico.
Med Vet Entomol. 2011 Sep;25(3):344-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2010.00930.x. Epub 2010 Dec 9.
Different laboratory cultures of the acarine tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Canestrini, 1888) (Ixodida: Ixodidae) were infested by small Megaselia scalaris (Loew, 1866) (Diptera: Phoridae) flies. Larvae of this species exhibited opportunistic parasitism predominantly on engorged female ticks, causing severe damage to their cuticle through which the flies were able to reach R. microplus internal organs, on which they fed until developing into pupae in the tick's remains. The flies were kept by continuous propagation on fresh ticks over six generations during which the same parasitoid behaviour was observed. Here we report on an ixodid tick laboratory culture used for rearing M. scalaris.
不同实验室培养的微小扇头蜱（Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Canestrini, 1888)，蜱螨目：硬蜱科）被微小蚤蝇（Megaselia scalaris (Loew, 1866)，双翅目：蚤蝇科）侵染。该物种的幼虫主要对饱血雌蜱表现出机会主义寄生行为，通过对蜱的角质层造成严重损害，蚤蝇得以进入微小扇头蜱的内部器官，并在这些器官上取食，直至在蜱的残骸中发育成蛹。通过在新鲜蜱虫上连续繁殖六代来饲养这些蚤蝇，在此期间观察到相同的寄生行为。在此，我们报告一种用于饲养微小蚤蝇的硬蜱实验室培养方法。
