Jump of the Oriental Rat Flea Xenopsylla cheopis (Roths.)

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Sep 1972 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Nature, volume 239, pages 45-48 (issn: 0028-0836, eissn: 1476-4687,

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Authors: MIRIAM ROTHSCHILD; Y. SCHLEIN; K. PARKER; S. STERNBERG;

doi: 10.1038/239045a0

Jump of the Oriental Rat Flea Xenopsylla cheopis (Roths.)

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THE spectacular and bewilderingly rapid jump of the flea has always excited the curiosity and wonder of naturalists. In an attempt to explain the mechanism of the jump we have re-examined the morphology of Xenopsylla cheopis, particularly the exoskeleton and musculature, and have combined this detailed study with a series of high speed cine films.

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