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The life cycle of the taiga tick Ixodes persulcatus in the dark taiga forests of the Eastern Sayan Plateau

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The life cycle of Ixodes persulcatus was studied in natural taiga environments of the Eastern Sayan Plateau (the Kemchug Upland, 56°10’N, 91°30’E). Engorged larvae and nymphs can develop with or without morphogenetic diapause, the ratio of these two ways being 77.25 / 22.75% and 43.43 / 56.57% for larvae and nymphs, respectively. The hypothetical seasonal hemipopulation consists of 34.5 ± 4.5, 50.1 ± 1.3, 13.2 ± 4.0, and 2.2% of unfed adults completing the 3-year, 4-year, 5-year, and 6-year life cycle, respectively. The mean life span is 3.83 ± 0.10 years. The “life table” predicting the probability of survival to the adult stage was developed.

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Korotkov, Y.S. The life cycle of the taiga tick Ixodes persulcatus in the dark taiga forests of the Eastern Sayan Plateau. Entmol. Rev. 94, 1354–1364 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S001387381409019X

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