This chapter reviews the ecology of assassin bugs with special reference to their
microhabitats, habitats, relationship between their structural adaptations and habitats …

Setothosea asigna van Eecke is a dominant defoliator pest in oil palm plantations. To control
this pest, a generalist predatory bug, Sycanus annulicornis Dohrn, was used as it is easy to …

Sažetak Sphedanolestes variabilis Distant laid light brown colour eggs singly as well as in
small clusters of 5 to 10 eggs. The incubation period was 6.92±0.29 days. The stadial …

Reduviid species are recorded as indigenous natural enemies of tea mosquito bug
(Helopeltis spp.), which is one of the major economically important pests of cashew …

Stored yam chips are attacked by Dinoderus porcellus Lesne, which can cause significant
losses. The predator Alloeocranum biannulipes Montr. and Sign. is a potential biological …

Reduviids are one of the important predatory groups encountered in cashew plantations,
which predate on several insect pests including Helopeltis spp. Sycanus galbanus …

The effective utilization of any biological control agent relies upon its comprehensive
knowledge on bioecology, ecophysiology and behaviour. Hence, in the present study, the …

Helopeltis spp.(Hemiptera: Miridae) are major sucking pests of cashew (Anacardium
occidentale L.) in India. Cydnocoris gilvus Brum.(Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) is …

Simple Summary We present a morphological and morphometric study of the eggs and all
nymphal stages of Psyttala horrida—a representative of the predatory family Reduviidae …

In recent years, Helopeltis theivora Waterhouse (Hemiptera: Miridae) has emerged as an
important pest of tea, Camellia sinensis LO (Kuntze)(Theaceae), in southern India. We are …