Banks C W, Oliver J H, Phillips J B, Clark K L
Institute of Arthropodology and Parasitology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro 30460-8056, USA.
J Med Entomol. 1998 Jul;35(4):496-9. doi: 10.1093/jmedent/35.4.496.
Details of the laboratory life cycle of 3 generations of Ixodes minor Neumann were recorded. Larvae and nymphs were fed on white laboratory mice and adults were fed on woodrats. Nymphs fed for 4 d and larvae for an average of 4 d; approximately 10 to 11 d were required for females to engorge. After feeding, females laid approximately 1,600 eggs that required an average of 39.7 d to hatch. Eggs were maintained at 97.5% RH and approximately 25 degrees C as were all stages of the ticks when not feeding. The life cycle in the laboratory required approximately 180 d; however, in nature it probably takes longer. I. minor has been recorded from several rodent and bird species known to be infected with Borrelia burgdorferi (Johnson, Schmid, Hyde, Steigerwalt & Brenner). This study provides data on the life cycle of a potential enzootic tick vector of this spirochete.
记录了微小硬蜱（Ixodes minor Neumann）3代的实验室生命周期细节。幼虫和若虫以实验室小白鼠为食，成虫以林鼠为食。若虫取食4天，幼虫平均取食4天；雌蜱饱血大约需要10至11天。饱血后，雌蜱产下约1600枚卵，平均需要39.7天孵化。卵以及蜱的各未取食阶段均保持在相对湿度97.5%和大约25摄氏度的环境中。实验室中的生命周期约为180天；然而，在自然环境中可能需要更长时间。微小硬蜱已在几种已知感染伯氏疏螺旋体（Borrelia burgdorferi，Johnson、Schmid、Hyde、Steigerwalt和Brenner）的啮齿动物和鸟类物种中被记录到。本研究提供了关于这种螺旋体潜在的地方性蜱传播媒介生命周期的数据。
