Coexistence of predatoryMuscina stabulans andophyra aenescens [Dipt.: Muscidae] with dipterous prey in poultry manure
| Autor: | E. F. Legner, E. J. Dietrick |
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| Rok vydání: | 1989 |
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education.field_of_study
biology Ecology Muscina Population Zoology Parasitism Plant Science biology.organism_classification Population density Predation Animal ecology Insect Science Muscidae Muscina stabulans General Agricultural and Biological Sciences education Agronomy and Crop Science Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics |
| Zdroj: | Entomophaga. 34:453-461 |
| ISSN: | 1573-8248 0013-8959 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/bf02374382 |
| Popis: | Significant relationships between the emergence of adult predatory species,Ophyra aenescens (Wiedemann) andMuscina stabulans (Fallen) and prey,Musca domestica L.,Fannia femoralis (Stein) andF. canicularis (L.) existed on 10 poultry ranches in southern California. Predatory species may function in natural control at intervals throughout the year, especially on predominant prey,F. femoralis andF. canicularis. Dipterous species, especiallyO. aenescens andF. femoralis, were only moderately influenced by the surface area of breeding habitat available. Accuracy in the measurement of population trends in Diptere may be enhanced by increasing the number of samples at any given ranch rather than the addition of study ranches. Parasitism, ranging from 22.6–37.8% of collected puparia, involved principally 3 species,Muscidifurax zaraptor Kogan & Legner,M. raptor Girault & Sanders andSpalangia cameroni Perkins. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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