Tick Cell Lines

Type Species Origin Linesort descending Instar Passage Temperature Reference
Hard Amblyomma americanum United States AAE12 Embryo ~8 32°C - 34°C Singu et al., 2006
Hard Amblyomma americanum United States AAE2 Embryo ~27 32°C - 34°C Kurtti et al., 2005
Hard Dermacentor (Anocentor) nitens United States ANE58 Embryo ~15 32°C - 34°C Kurtti and Munderloh, 1983
Hard Amblyomma variegatum Southern Africa AVL/CTVM13 Moulting larva ~137 28 - 32°C, 37°C Bell-Sakyi et al., 2000
Hard Amblyomma variegatum Southern Africa AVL/CTVM17 Moulting larva ~163 32°C Bell-Sakyi, 2004
Hard Boophilus decoloratus Kenya BDE/CTVM14 Embryo ~58 28°C Bell-Sakyi, unpublished
Hard Boophilus decoloratus Kenya BDE/CTVM16 Embryo ~94 28°C - 32°C Bell-Sakyi, 2004
Hard Boophilus microplus Costa Rica BME/CTVM2 Embryo ~145 28°C - 32°C Bell-Sakyi, 2004
Hard Boophilus microplus Mozambique BME/CTVM23 Embryo ~70 32°C Bell-Sakyi, unpublished
Hard Boophilus microplus Mozambique BME/CTVM30 Embryo ~32 28°C Bell-Sakyi, unpublished
Hard Boophilus microplus Costa Rica BME/CTVM4 Embryo ~150 28°C Bell-Sakyi et al., 2007
Hard Boophilus microplus Colombia BME/CTVM5 Embryo ~77 28°C Bell-Sakyi et al., 2007
Hard Boophilus microplus Colombia BME/CTVM6 Embryo ~221, 243 28°C - 32°C Bell-Sakyi, 2004
Hard Boophilus microplus Mexico BmVIII-SCC Embryo ~47 32°C Holman, 1981
Soft Carios capensis United States CCE1 Embryo ~120 32°C - 34°C Mattila et al., 2007
Soft Carios capensis United States CCE2 Embryo ~102 32°C - 34°C Mattila et al., 2007
Hard Dermacentor andersoni United States DAE100T Embryo ~60 32°C - 34°C Kurtti et al., 2005
Hard Dermacentor andersoni United States DAE15 Embryo ~55 32°C - 34°C Simser et al., 2001
Hard Dermacentor albipictus United States DALBE3 Embryo ~15 32°C - 34°C Policastro et al., 1997
Hard Dermacentor variabilis United States DVE1 Embryo ~10 32°C - 34°C Kurtti et al., 2005
Hard Hyalomma anatolicum anatolicum India HAE/CTVM8 Embryo ~150 32°C Bell-Sakyi, 1991
Hard Hyalomma anatolicum anatolicum India HAE/CTVM9 Embryo ~199 32°C Bell-Sakyi, 1991
Hard Ixodes scapularis United States IDE2 Embryo ~75 32°C - 34°C Munderloh et al., 1994
Hard Ixodes scapularis United States IDE8 Embryo ~93 32°C - 34°C Munderloh et al., 1994
Hard Ixodes ricinus United Kingdom IRE/CTVM19 Embryo ~224 28°C Bell-Sakyi et al., 2007
Hard Ixodes ricinus United Kingdom IRE/CTVM20 Embryo ~212 28°C Bell-Sakyi et al., 2007
Hard Ixodes ricinus Germany IRE11 Embryo ~55 32°C - 34°C Simser et al., 2002
Hard Ixodes scapularis United States ISE18 Embryo ~42 32°C - 34°C Munderloh et al., 1994
Hard Ixodes scapularis United States ISE6 Embryo ~80 32°C - 34°C Munderloh et al., 1994
Soft Ornithodoros moubata Kenya OME/CTVM21 Embryo/neonate larva ~52 28°C Bell-Sakyi et al., 2009
Soft Ornithodoros moubata Kenya OME/CTVM22 Embryo/neonate larva ~44 28°C Bell-Sakyi et al., 2009
Soft Ornithodoros moubata Kenya OME/CTVM24 Embryo/neonate larva ~44 28°C Bell-Sakyi et al., 2009
Soft Ornithodoros moubata Kenya OME/CTVM27 Embryo/neonate larva ~32 28°C Bell-Sakyi et al., 2009
Hard Rhipicephalus appendiculatus East Africa RA243 Moulting nymph ~345 28°C - 32°C Varma et al., 1975
Hard Rhipicephalus appendiculatus Kenya RAE/CTVM1 Embryo ~102 32°C Bell-Sakyi, 2004
Hard Rhipicephalus appendiculatus Kenya RAE25 Embryo ~131 28°C - 34°C Kurtti et al., 1982
Hard Rhipicephalus appendiculatus Kenya RAN/CTVM3 Moulting nymph ~60 28°C Bekker et al., 2002
Hard Rhipicephalus evertsi South Africa REE/CTVM28 Embryo ~41 28°C Bell-Sakyi, unpublished
Hard Rhipicephalus evertsi South Africa REE/CTVM29 Embryo ~29 28°C Bell-Sakyi, unpublished
Hard Rhipicephalus evertsi South Africa REE/CTVM31 Embryo ~19 28°C Alberdi et al., 2012
Hard Rhipicephalus evertsi South Africa REN/CTVM32 Moulting nymph ~22 28°C Bell-Sakyi et al., 2015
Hard Rhipicephalus sanguineus United States RML-RSE Embryo ~87 28°C - 32°C Yunker et al., 1984; 1987
Hard Rhipicephalus sanguineus United States RSE8 Embryo ~21 32°C - 34°C Kurtti and Munderloh, 1982

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