TY - SER AU - Basha,A.E. AU - Salem,A.A. AU - Mahrous,M.E. AU - Mostafa,E.M. TI - Morphological and biological studies on Cydnoseius vitis mostafa (Acari:Gamasida: Phytoseiidae) KW - Insects KW - Morphology KW - Mites as biological pest control agents KW - Larvae KW - Phytoseiidae KW - Egypt N1 - Includes references N2 - Immature stages and adult male of the phytoseiid mite, Cydnoseius vitis Mostafa are described and illustracted. C. vitis was reared on the immatures of the two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch under laboratory conditions of 28±3oc and 73±5% RH. The total period of immature stages averaged 6.16 days for female and 5.02 days for male, during which they consumed an average of 22.37 and 13.73 prey individuals, respectively UR - http://nile.enal.sci.eg/EALE/2006/ZJAR/3306/1/135.pdf ER -