Predation potential of Rhynocoris marginatus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) against three mealybug species of agricultural importanceApplied Entomology and Zoology - Tập 53 - Trang 475-482 - 2018
Sahayaraj Kitherian, Vivek Kumar, Nazeera Banu, Pasco B. Avery, Anbu Radhika, Cindy L. McKenzie, Lance S. Osborne
The predation potential of a generalist predator Rhynocoris marginatus (Fab.) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) against three important mealybug pests of cotton, Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley, Maconellicoccus hirsutus Green, and Coccidohystrix insolita Green (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) was evaluated under laboratory conditions. The specific objective of the study was to determine the prey capturing time, p...... hiện toàn bộ
Characterization of microsatellite loci for three species of Tomoplagia (Diptera: Tephritidae) and absence of cross-species amplificationApplied Entomology and Zoology - Tập 56 - Trang 125-132 - 2020
Camila Rabelo Oliveira Leal, Leonardo Ré Jorge, Anete Pereira de Souza, Thomas Michael Lewinsohn, Karina Lucas Silva-Brandão
Tomoplagia (Diptera: Tephritidae) are endophagous herbivores on flowerheads of Asteraceae, with varying levels of host specialization. We isolated, characterized, and tested the heterologous amplification for sets of microsatellites of three species from this genus associated with native hosts in the Espinhaço mountain range, Brazil. We used two protocols to build microsatellite-enriched libraries...... hiện toàn bộ
Don’t forget the flies: dipteran diversity and its consequences for floral ecology and evolutionApplied Entomology and Zoology - Tập 55 - Trang 1-7 - 2020
Robert A. Raguso
The attention of the global pollination community has been drawn to food safety and other ecosystem services provided by pollinators, in light of decline in social bee populations. Despite intensified research on bees, recent studies have revealed important contributions of flies to pollination success, reproductive isolation and floral diversification. Diptera is a highly diverse insect order, co...... hiện toàn bộ
Effects of male age on the mating behavior of both sexes in the sorghum plant bug, Stenotus rubrovittatus (Hemiptera: Miridae)Applied Entomology and Zoology - Tập 48 - Trang 73-77 - 2012
Tomonari Watanabe, Keiko Kitsunezuka, Yasuyo Okutani-Akamatsu, Keiko Oku
In the sorghum plant bug Stenotus rubrovittatus (Matsumura) (Hemiptera: Miridae), mating behavior consists of male courtship and female mating receptivity. Previous studies have found that female age is correlated with ovary development and that mature females with developed ovaries are more receptive to male courtship. Thus, we examined whether male age affects the mating behavior of both sexes a...... hiện toàn bộ
Lethal effect of blue light on Liposcelis bostrychophila (Psocoptera: Liposcelididae)Applied Entomology and Zoology - Tập 58 - Trang 133-138 - 2023
Masatoshi Hori, Norihiro Oyama
We previously reported that blue light is lethal to various insect species. However, it was also revealed that effective blue light wavelength is species and growth-stage specific. We, therefore, investigated the lethal effects of blue light on booklice, Liposcelis bostrychophila Badonnel (Psocoptera: Liposcelididae), which frequently occur in food processing and storage facilities, where insectic...... hiện toàn bộ