Environmental Entomology (1997) 26, 1073-1078

Ali Rachel Harari, David Ben-Yakir, Michael Chen and David Rosen (1997)
Life- and fertility-tables of Maladera matrida (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
Environmental Entomology 26 (5), 1073-1078
Abstract: Studies of life- and fertility-tables of Maladera matrida Argaman under laboratory controlled conditions revealed that 25% of the progeny survived from egg to adult, with a different mortality rate for various larval stages, and a developmental time of 75.7 ± 0.6 d (±SE). The beetle population increased by 13.1 progeny per female in 1 generation, compared with an increase of only 5.6 and 7.1 progeny observed in the field. Females started to deposit eggs in the laboratory after a preoviposition period of 8 d, required >1 insemination to express their full reproductive potential, and their oviposition period lasted for 85 d.
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Database assignments for author(s): Ally Rachel Harari, David Ben-Yakir

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Maladera insanabilis	Groundnut/peanut (Arachis hypogaea)