title: [Development of the filaria Monanema martini in the epidermis of ixodid ticks].
abstract: Morphological and histological analysis of the larval development of Monanema martini, a filaria with skin dwelling microfilariae. The vectors are the hexapod larvae of Rhipicephalus sanguineus, R. turanicus and H. truncatum; the filarial infective stages appear during the larval-nymph moult of the vector (11 days at 26 degrees C). This species, and in our opinion the other species of Monanema, have a complete development in the epidermis of the ticks. Hard-ticks (Ixodidae) appear to be the main vectors of filariae with skin-dwelling microfilariae belonging to Dipetalonema evolutionary line: Yatesia, Cherylia, Cercopithifiliaria, Monanema.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Zoologie-Vers, associé au CNRS, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Petit
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bain
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Carrat
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: De Marval
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004817:Epidermis / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D005370:Filarioidea / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D007814:Larva / Q000469:parasitology; D008842:Microfilariae / Q000254:growth & development / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D013987:Ticks / Q000469:parasitology*
vernacular_title: Développement de la filaire Monanema martini dans l'épiderme des tiques ixodidae.