Adult Growth in Opilioacaridae with 1904 (Acari: Parasitiformes: Opilioacarida) | Zendy

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Adult Growth in Opilioacaridae with 1904 (Acari: Parasitiformes: Opilioacarida)

Author(s) -

Leopoldo Ferreira de Oliveira Bernardi,

Hans Klompen,

Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

annals of the entomological society of america

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.671

H-Index - 72

eISSN - 1938-2901

pISSN - 0013-8746

DOI - 10.1603/an13056

Subject(s) - acari , biology , seta , parasitiformes , appendage , zoology , moulting , nymph , anatomy , ixodidae , ecology , larva , genus

Mites in the order Opilioacarida are known to undergo postimaginal molting. The process has been associated with the ability to regain lost appendages, but may also result in growth and increases in numbers of specific setae. These processes were observed in four individuals, with two of these showing increases in setal lengths ranging from 8.1 to 16.6%. Qualitative growth, in the form of an increase from 5 to 6 in the number of d-type setae on the left palp, was observed in a single individual.

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