Life-styles of phytoseiid mites and their roles in biological control

JA McMurtry, BA Croft - Annual review of entomology, 1997 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract This review categorizes the diversity of life-styles in the Phytoseiidae, based
primarily on food habits and related biological and morphological traits. The life-styles …

Cannibalism among phytoseiid mites: a review

P Schausberger - Experimental & Applied Acarology, 2003 - Springer
Cannibalism, the killing and consumption of conspecific individuals, is a common and
widespread phenomenon in the animal kingdom. Cannibalism in phytoseiid mites has been …

Inter-and intraspecific predation on immatures by adult females in Euseius finlandicus, Typhlodromus pyri and Kampimo dromus aberrans (Acari: Phytoseiidae)

P Schausberger - Experimental & applied acarology, 1997 - Springer
In a series of experiments, the interspecific predation and cannibalism on immatures by the
adult females of Euseius finlandicus, Kampimodromus aberrans and Typhlodromus pyri …

Nutritional benefits of intraguild predation and cannibalism among generalist and specialist phytoseiid mites.

P Schausberger, BA Croft - Ecological Entomology, 2000 - search.ebscohost.com
1. Intraguild predation and cannibalism are common among predaceous phytoseiid mites
(Acari, Phytoseiidae) but the nutritional benefits gained by these processes are poorly …

Bifurcations and global dynamics of a predator–prey mite model of Leslie type

Y Yang, Y Xu, L Rong, S Ruan - Studies in Applied …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper, we study a predator–prey mite model of Leslie type with generalized Holling IV
functional response. The model is shown to have very rich bifurcation dynamics, including …

Biological control of cassava green mite with exotic and indigenous phytoseiid predators—effects of intraguild predation and supplementary food

A Onzo, R Hanna, K Negloh, M Toko, MW Sabelis - Biological control, 2005 - Elsevier
Intraguild predation, one aspect of predator–predator interaction, has received in recent
years increasingly greater attention because of mounting evidence of the impact of predator …

A comparative life history study of immature Amblyseius fallacis, Amblyseius andersoni, Typhlodromus occidentalis and Typhlodromus pyri (Acari: Phytoseiidae) with …

ZQ Zhang, BA Croft - Experimental & applied acarology, 1994 - Springer
Survival, developmental time, activity, feeding rates, and other biological aspects of
immatures of Amblyseius fallacis, Amblyseius andersoni, Typhlodromus occidentalis and …

Intraguild interactions between Euseius stipulatus and the candidate biocontrol agents of Tetranychus urticae in Spanish clementine orchards: Phytoseiulus persimilis …

R Abad-Moyano, A Urbaneja… - Experimental and Applied …, 2010 - Springer
Spanish clementine orchards are frequently infested by the two-spotted spider mte
Tetranychus urticae. Natural control of T. urticae is insufficient despite the presence of …

Biological Control of Apple Mites: Impact of Zetzellia mali (Acari: Stigmaeidae) on Typhlodromus pyri and Metaseiulus occidentalis (Acari: Phytoseiidae)

BA Croft, IV MacRae - Environmental entomology, 1993 - academic.oup.com
Zetzellia mali (Ewing) feeds on and is fed upon by Typhlodromus pyri Scheuten and
Metaseiulus occidentalis (Nesbitt), especially when phytophagous mites are scarce on …

Larval survival and feeding by immature Metaseiulus occidentalis, Neoseiulus fallacis, Amblyseius andersoni and Typhlodromus pyri on life stage groups of …

BA Croft, MB Croft - Experimental & applied acarology, 1993 - Springer
When 20 newly hatched larvae either of Metaseiulus occidentalis (Nesbitt), Neoseiulus
fallacis (Garman), Amblyseius andersoni Chant or Typhlodromus pyri Scheuten were held in …