[Feeding and reproduction of XX Ctenophthalus wagneri Tifl., 1928 (Ctenophthalmidae, Siphonaptera) in experiments].
Under laboratory conditions at 20 to 21 degrees C young imagos of C. wagneri proceed quickly to feeding and reproduction. They suck blood about three times a day and females oviposit three times, each laying consisting of three eggs. When placed in a refrigirator at 2 to 5 degrees some young individuals lay eggs, while others do not start oviposition up to 5 months (observation period). Fleas, which already laid eggs under laboratory conditions, being transferred into a refrigirator decrease the degree of their attachment to the host and feeding frequency (up to one time a day). Oogenesis of females is inhibited and most of them cease egg laying.
D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010058:Oviposition; D012098:Reproduction; D005423:Siphonaptera; D013696:Temperature
Pitanie i razmnozhenie Ctenophthalmus wagneri Tifl., 1928 (Ctenophthalmidae, Siphonaptera) v éksperimente