. The life history and bionomics of some North American ticks . stematic collection is undertaken, as. Iig. 2.—The spinose ear tick, Ornithodoros mcgnini: Distribution. The large dots show localities wherethe species has been collected in our investigation. The small dots show the probable range of thespecies. (Original.) the Marx collection contains three lots with 15 well developed and 4partially developed nymphs, which were taken from cattle in theSanta Lucia Mountains of Brazil. The accompanying map (fig. 2)shows approximately the normal range of the species in NorthAmerica. 64 LIFE HISTOR


. The life history and bionomics of some North American ticks . stematic collection is undertaken, as. Iig. 2.—The spinose ear tick, Ornithodoros mcgnini: Distribution. The large dots show localities wherethe species has been collected in our investigation. The small dots show the probable range of thespecies. (Original.) the Marx collection contains three lots with 15 well developed and 4partially developed nymphs, which were taken from cattle in theSanta Lucia Mountains of Brazil. The accompanying map (fig. 2)shows approximately the normal range of the species in NorthAmerica. 64 LIFE HISTORY OF NORTH AMERICAN TICKS. Although not recorded from Cuba, the species has probably beenintroduced there with cattle from the mainland, as large shipmentsof cattle from the infested districts are frequently made. LIFE HISTORY. Observations on the life history and habits of this species have beenreported by Townsend (1893), by Hunter and Hooker (1907), and byHooker (1908): The egg.—With tins species oviposition does not commence untilmating has taken place. Large numbers of females have been i


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