caa a22 4500 465788785 CHVBK 20180323112017.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19901101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF01065964 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF01065964 Mating behavior of male deer ticks Ixodes dammini (Acari: Ixodidae) [Elektronische Daten] [Boaz Yuval, Robert Deblinger, Andrew Spielman] To analyze the sexual behavior of male black-legged deer ticks Ixodes dammini,we collected ticks infesting 202 white-tailed deer. On average, 17.7 males and 8.8 females infested each deer. Field-collected males copulated with a mean of 2.25 females, and virgin males mated with 2.4 females. On experimental hosts, males established sexual contact with feeding females and repelled other males, and about half remained paired after their mate detached. Engorged females continue to be receptive, and males mate more readily with them than with nonfed females. We conclude that male I. damminiare endowed with a repertoire of behaviors which favor an opportunistic mating before seeking a host and a preference for mating with feeding females on the host accompanied by tenacious mate guarding. Plenum Publishing Corporation, 1990 Ixodes dammini nationallicence sexual behavior nationallicence operational sex ratio nationallicence mate guarding nationallicence Yuval Boaz Department of Tropical Public Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Avenue, 02115, Boston, Massachusetts aut Deblinger Robert The Trustees of Reservations, 572 Essex Street, 01915, Beverly, Massachusetts aut Spielman Andrew Department of Tropical Public Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Avenue, 02115, Boston, Massachusetts aut Journal of Insect Behavior Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 3/6(1990-11-01), 765-772 0892-7553 3:6<765 1990 3 10905 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01065964 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01065964 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yuval Boaz Department of Tropical Public Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Avenue, 02115, Boston, Massachusetts aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Deblinger Robert The Trustees of Reservations, 572 Essex Street, 01915, Beverly, Massachusetts aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Spielman Andrew Department of Tropical Public Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Avenue, 02115, Boston, Massachusetts aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Insect Behavior Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 3/6(1990-11-01), 765-772 0892-7553 3:6<765 1990 3 10905 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer