Development and reproduction of Stratiolaelaps scimitus (Acari: Laelapidae) with fungus gnat larvae (Diptera: Sciaridae), potworms (Oligochaeta: Enchytraeidae) or Sancassania aff. sphaerogaster (Acari: Acaridae) as the sole food source

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 71-81

  Cabrera, Ana R ^a,c   Cloyd, Raymond A ^a   Zaborski, Edmond R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Bradysia sp. nr. coprophila; Development; Enchytraeidae; Hypoaspis miles; Reproduction; Sancassania aff. sphaerogaster; Stratiolaelaps scimitus

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FOOD ORGANISM; REARING; REPRODUCTION;

ACARI; ANIMAL; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FLY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; MITE; PARASITOLOGY; PREDATION;

ACARI; ANIMALS; DIPTERA; FEMALE; MITES; OLIGOCHAETA; OVIPOSITION; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

ACARI; ACARIDAE; ANNELIDA; ASTIGMATA; BRADYSIA; DIPTERA; ENCHYTRAEIDAE; FUNGI; HYPOASPIS MILES; LAELAPIDAE; MESOSTIGMATA; MYCETOPHILUS SP. HMR-1993; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); SANCASSANIA; SCIARIDAE; STRATIOLAELAPS; STRATIOLAELAPS SCIMITUS;

EID: 21244465192     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-005-0242-x     Document Type: Article

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