[Variability of the hard dorsal idiosomal tegument pattern and other phenotypic characters as a manifestation of microevolution in Dermacentor marginatus (Acari: Ixodidae)].

Abstract excerpt

The pattern of male conscutum and female scutum in Dermacentor marginatus has been examined in 6 points of the East-European and Asian parts of its range (Fig. 1). A high rate of modification variability of the pattern has been recovered in each geographical sample. It is shown that populations differ reliably from each other by the length of the dark patches on the marginal flank of the conscutum (nkappabeta,...

Topics

• Animals
• Asia
• Biological Evolution
• Dermacentor
• Europe, Eastern
• Female
• Male
• Phenotype