Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society (2002) 75, 52-54

Robert L. Bossard (2002)
Speed and Reynolds number of jumping cat fleas (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae)
Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 75 (1), 52-54
Abstract: Using strobe-lit video, jumping cat fleas, Ctenocephalides felis (Bouché), were observed tumbling, splaying their limbs, and landing in various orientations. Speeds averaged 3.6 m/sec, and ranged between 1.62 and 5.76 m/sec, 4 times faster than other fleas, Spilopsyllus cuniculi (Dale) and Xenopsylla cheopis (Rothschild). Average acceleration was -8.1 m/sec². Reynolds numbers were 730 and 240, twice that of other fleas.
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Database assignments for author(s): Robert L. Bossard

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Ctenocephalides felis
	Xenopsylla cheopis
	Spilopsyllus cuniculi