Biology and Behavior of Six Species of Reduviids (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) in a Cashew Ecosystem1

Autor:	K. K. Srikumar, T. N. Raviprasad, D. P. Ambrose, K. Vanitha, P. S. Bhat, P. L. Saroj
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	Galleria mellonella biology Reduviidae Insect Science Harpactorinae Botany Zoology Anacardiaceae biology.organism_classification Fecundity Hemiptera Miridae Pyralidae
Zdroj:	Journal of Agricultural and Urban Entomology. 30:65-81
ISSN:	2153-652X 1523-5475
DOI:	10.3954/jaue14-14.1
Popis:	Reduviid species (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) are efficient predators of the sucking pest Helopeltis antonii Signoret (Hemiptera: Miridae) on cashew, Anacardium occidentale L. (Anacardiaceae). Six species of harpactorine reduviids (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) were found feeding on H. antonii in cashew in India. They were Endochus albomaculatus Stal, Epidaus bicolor Distant, Euagoras plagiatus Burmeister, Irantha armipes Stal, Panthous bimaculatus Distant, and Sphedanolestes signatus Distant. These species were reared under laboratory conditions [24–32°C, 89–94% RH, 12:12 h (L: D)] on larvae of the greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella L. (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). The incubation period, stadial period, nymphal mortality, fecundity, longevity, and sex ratio were studied for these six species. Panthous bimaculatus laid the highest number of eggs and exhibited prolonged incubation period. The incubation period was the shortest in E. plagiatus. The nymphal survival rate was highest in E. plagiatu...
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