Larval size relative to larval feeding, cannibalism of larvae, egg or adult female size and larval-adult setal patterns among 13 phytoseiid mite species

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 599-610

  Croft, B A ^a   Luh, H K ^a   Schausberger, P ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Kampimodromus aberrans; Neoseiulus cucumeris; Neoseiulus longispinosus; Phytoseiulus macropilis; Tetranychidae; Tetranychus urticae

Indexed keywords

CANNIBALISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LARVA; MITE;

ACARI; AMBLYSEIUS ANDERSONI; EUSEIUS FINLANDICUS; EUSEIUS HIBISCI; GALENDROMUS OCCIDENTALIS; NEOSEIULUS BARKERI; NEOSEIULUS CALIFORNICUS; NEOSEIULUS FALLACIS; PHYTOSEIIDAE; PHYTOSEIULUS PERSIMILIS; TYPHLODROMUS PYRI;

EID: 0032811078     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006236310613     Document Type: Article

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