Effect of eriophyid prey species and relative humidity on some biological aspects of the predatory mite, Proprioseiopsis (amblyseius) Lindiquisti (acari: phytoseiidae) [electronic resource].

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Larvae of the predacious mite, Proprioseiopsis (Amblyseius) lindiquisti Schuster and Pritchard (Acari: Phytoseiidae) successfully developed to the adulthood when fed on motile stages of Eriophyes olivi Zaher and Abou-Awad, Eriophyes dioscoridis Soliman and Abou-Awad or Cisaberoptus kenyae Keifer, in the laboratory. The rate of development was faster and reproduction was higher when A. lindiquisti fed on E. olivi or E. dioscoridis compared with feeding on C. kenyae. Also, sex ratio ofthe progeny favoured females, when the predator was reared on the aforementioned prey species. Life table parameters showed that the motile stages of E. olivi favoured the highest reproduction rate of the predator (rm = 0.266 females/female/day) compared with feeding on C. kenyae (rm= 0.170 females/female/day). Also, it was noted that development and fecundity were affected by relative humidity in the laboratory.

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