Revista Colombiana de Entomología (2001) 27, 45-48

Pedro Jusselino Filho, José C. Zanuncio, Raúl N.C. Guedes and Daniel B. Fragoso (2001)
Desarrollo y reproducción del depredador Brontocoris tabidus (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) alimentado con larvas de Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
[Development and reproduction of the predator Brontocoris tabidus (Het.: Pentatomidae) fed with larvae of the Tenebrio molitor (Col.: Tenebrionidae)]
Revista Colombiana de Entomología 27 (1-2), 45-48
Abstract: The objectives of this research were to study nymphal development and adult reproduction of Brontocoris tabidus (Signoret) fed with larvae of Tenebrio molitor L. Second instar nymphs of B. tabidus were fed through and also in the adult stage with last instar larvae of T. molitor in laboratory. During this period reproductive and biological characteristics of B. tabidus were obtained. The duration of the nymphal phase of this predator was 23.7 ± 0.7 days, with survival of 60.3% ± 4.8% and egg viability of 73.3% ± 1.2%. Results obtained showed a satisfactory performance in development of B. tabidus fed with T. molitor larvae which demonstrated that this predator can be produced in laboratory when fed with this prey.
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(original language: Spanish)
Database assignments for author(s): José Cola Zanuncio, Raul Narciso C. Guedes

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

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
Brontocoris tabidus (predator)