Características biológicas da fase näo parasitária do Ixodes amarali (Acari: Ixodidae) em gambá (Didelphis sp.) no Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Faccini, J. L. HPrata, M. C. ADaemon, EBarros Battesti, D. M

Ixodes amarali was reported for the second time in the State of Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil, from an engorged female obtained from a naturally infested opossum (Didelphis sp.). Biological characteristics of de non-parasitic phase were studied, under controlled conditions (temperature of 27ñ1§C, relative humidity higther than 80 per cent and scotophase)