title: A quantitative study on preprandial insemination in the Karoo paralysis tick Ixodes rubicundus (Acari: Ixodidae).
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of the Orange Free State, Bloemfontein, Republic of South Africa.
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Fourie
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Kok
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D007314:Insemination / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D012744:Sex Ratio; D013987:Ticks / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors