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Juvenile survival and development in Euseius finlandicus, Typhlodromus pyri and Kampimodromus aberrans (Acari: Phytoseiidae) feeding on con- and heterospecific immatures

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Ecology and Evolution of the Acari

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Juvenile survival and development in Euseius finlandicus (Oudemans), Typhlodromus pyri Scheuten and Kampimodromus aberrans (Oudemans) feeding on con- and heterospecific phytoseiid immatures were investigated in the laboratory at 25±1°C and 65±5% RH. More than 50% of T pyri protonymphs preying on larvae of K. aberrans or E. finlandicus reached the adult stage. Mean developmental time of T. pyri from the protonymphal stage to adulthood was 6.3 days when feeding on K aberrans and 7.5 days when feeding on E. finlandicus. The majority (about 90%) of K. aberrans protonymphs feeding on larvae of T. pyri or E. finlandicus died before reaching the deutonymphal stage; in both cases only 1 individual completed juvenile development. Euseius finlandicus larvae require food to reach the subsequent life stage, in contrast to larvae of T. pyri and K. aberrans, which usually do not feed at all: 10% of E. finlandicus immatures feeding on larvae of K. aberrans or T. pyri completed juvenile development (mean developmental time from larva to adult 7.0 and 6.7 days, respectively). Cannibalizing immatures of T. pyri and K. aberrans were able to reach adulthood, whereas those of E. finlandicus were not. Un-fed immatures of T. pyri lived longer than the corresponding stages of E. finlandicus and K aberrans. The present study indicates that phytoseiid immatures are suitable prey for developing stages of polyphagous phytoseiids. Since E. finlandicus, T. pyri and K. aberrans partly inhabit the same plant species, their immatures can be regarded as potential prey for competitive phytoseiids in times of food scarcity.

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Schausberger, P. (1999). Juvenile survival and development in Euseius finlandicus, Typhlodromus pyri and Kampimodromus aberrans (Acari: Phytoseiidae) feeding on con- and heterospecific immatures. In: Bruin, J., van der Geest, L.P.S., Sabelis, M.W. (eds) Ecology and Evolution of the Acari. Series Entomologica, vol 55. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1343-6_26

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