[Aging and changes in fecundity of the flea Leptopsylla segnis (Siphonaptera: Leptopsyllidae)].
In experiment, the mean diurnal fecundity of Leptopsylla segnis females increased during the first five days since the beginning of feeding on white mice and reached the maximum in the second five-day period (15.7-16.7 eggs per 1 female during a day). In subsequent period of stay on a host, an activity of egg laying gradually decreased. In flea females, which had lived on hosts for 40 days and more this index was 3.7 eggs. During the mean life longevity (23 days), the flea females lay about 260 eggs; the females, which have lived more than 40 days, produce above 400 eggs.
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D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D002940:Circadian Rhythm / Q000502:physiology; D004435:Eating; D005298:Fertility / Q000502:physiology*; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D005423:Siphonaptera / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors