Effects of prey number and stage on the biology of Cyrtorhinus lividipennis (Hemiptera: Miridae): A predator of Nilaparvata lagens (Homoptera: Delphacidae)

• Main Authors: Tock, Hing Chua, E. Mikil
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Oxford University Press 1989
• Subjects: QL461-599.82 Insects
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33986/1/Effects%20of%20prey%20number%20and%20stage%20on%20the%20biology%20of%20Cyrtorhinus%20lividipennis%20%28Hemiptera%2C%20Miridae%29%2C%20A%20predator%20of%20Nilaparvata%20lagens%20%28Homoptera%2C%20Delphacidae%29.ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33986/2/Effects%20of%20Prey%20Number%20and%20Stage%20on%20the%20Biology%20of%20Cyrtorhinus%20lividipennis%20%28Hemiptera%2C%20Miridae%29%2C%20A%20Predator%20of%20Nilaparvata%20lagens%20%28Homoptera%2C%20Delphacidae%29.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33986/; https://academic.oup.com/ee/article-abstract/18/2/251/523813; https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/18.2.251

When given 30 eggs of Nilaparvata lugens (Stal) daily, males and females of Cyrtorhinus lividipennis Reuter took 10.8 and 13.0 d, respectively, to develop from first instar. The males consumed 49.0 eggs and the females, 59.2 eggs. The mean body length of adult males was 2.6 mm and females, 3.1 mm; m...