Anais da Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil (1998) 27, 77-84

Adrián J. Molina-Rugama, José C. Zanuncio, Dirceu Pratissoli and Ivan Cruz (1998)
Efeito do Intervalo de Alimentação na Reprodução e na Longevidade do Predador Podisus nigrispinus (Dallas) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)
[Effect of feeding intervals on reproduction and longevity of Podisus nigrispinus (Dallas) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)]
Anais da Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil 27 (1), 77-84
Abstract: The effect of feeding intervals on Podisus nigrispinus (Dallas) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) females was studied. Females were fed during 24 hours after either one, two, four, eight or 16 days with Musca domestica L. (Diptera: Muscidae) larvae at 24 ± 3° C, 70 ± 10% RH and photophase of 12 hours. Females of P. nigrispinus fed every one, two and four days produced higher number of eggs (225.4, 184.6 and 135.3 eggs, respectively) than those fed every eight or 16 days (8.3 and 0.0 eggs, respectively). Females fed every four days lived longer (43.0 days) than those fed every eight or 16 days (27.3 and 10.6 days).
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(original language: Portuguese)
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Database assignments for author(s): José Cola Zanuncio, Dirceu Pratissoli, Ivan Cruz

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
biocontrol - natural enemies
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
Podisus nigrispinus (predator)