Mating behavior of the cat flea, ctenocephalides felzs bouche(siphonaptera:pulicidae) and male response to female extract on an artificial feeding system

Insect Science

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 29-34

  Bi song, W E ^a   Fang dong, Z O U ^a   Qi zhi, S U N ^a   Jing, L I ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cat flea; Ctemephalides felis; Female extract; Male response; Mating behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922923661     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2002.tb00467.x     Document Type: Article

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