Parthenogenesis not Significant in the Life Cycle of the Tick Rhipicephalus Appendiculatus

Abstract

Dr. H. Hoogstraal (1960, personal communication) pointed out that Bailey (1960), by stating: "Although female R. appendiculatus alone will feed on a rabbit and later produce eggs, we have found that we get a better average yield of eggs if a number of male R. appendiculatus are included, together with the females ", had implied that parthenogenesis could occur in the life cycle of this species of tick. We therefore performed experiments to check this.