Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Astigmata: Acaridae) as biological control agentfor Lasioderma serricorne (Coleoptera: Anobiidae) larvae
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Clauco da Cruz Canevari, Fernanda Rezende, Leda Rita D’ Antonino Faroni, Jose Eduardo Serrao, Smaro Ch. Papadopoulou, Jose Cola Zanuncio, Constantin Th. Buchelos
Pages: 205-208
Abstract: The predatory effectiveness of Tyrophagus putrescentiae against Lasiodermaserricorne larvae was studied in the present work. The predation of larvae of L. serricorne in thepresence or not of T. putrescentiae was evaluated in an entirely randomized design with fourreplications. This mite had high predation rate on L. serricorne larvae. The mortality of L.serricorne larvae varied among treatments, with values of 54, 68 and 78% from the fourth, fifthand sixth days by T. putrescentiae (P < 0.05).