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The life cycle of members of the O. capensis group may last from 100 to 195 days, and up to 1 year under laboratory conditions; adults and nymphs feed for 15–115 min and larvae remain attached to their host for several days.
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Kleinerman, G., Baneth, G. (2017). Ornithodoros (Alectorobius) capensis Neumann, 1901 (Figs. 12 and 13). In: Estrada-Peña, A., Mihalca, A., Petney, T. (eds) Ticks of Europe and North Africa. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63760-0_11
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