[Possibility of using old collection material for determining the fertility of biting midges (Ceratopogonidae)].
Possibility of determination of the actual fecundity of midges on females with mature eggs preserved in the collection (dry or in alcohol) for decades has been studied. The procedure of work is described. A list of species is given, in which the fecundity was determined in this way.
D000818:Animals; D002519:Ceratopogonidae / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility; D008722:Methods; D010063:Ovum / Q000502:physiology; D011309:Preservation, Biological; D013997:Time Factors
O vozmozhnosti ispol'zovaniia starogo kollektsionnogo materiala dlia opredeleniia plodovitosti mokretsov (Ceratopogonidae).