Development and reproduction of spider mites Tetranychus turkestani (Acari: Tetranychidae) under water deficit condition in soybeans [PDF]
One of the major pests of soybeans in Bulgaria is the spider mite Tetranychus turkestani Ug et Nik (Acari: Tetranychidae) and different results have been reported about the impact of water stress on its development and reproduction.
Ivelina Nikolova +2 more
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Local adaptation of aboveground herbivores towards plant phenotypes induced by soil biota [PDF]
Background: Soil biota may trigger strong physiological responses in plants and consequently induce distinct phenotypes. Plant phenotype, in turn, has a strong impact on herbivore performance.
Bonte, Dries +5 more
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Assessing the Effects of Parasitism and Predation by Water Mites on the Mosquitoes
Water mites (Hydrachnidia) are a group of arthropods with a complex life cycle which includes larval and three nymphal stages. The mite larvae parasitize aquatic and semiaquatic insects, while deutonymphs and adult mites are predators of insect larvae ...
L. Esteva, G. Rivas, H.M. Yang
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A description of the male and female of a new water mite species of the genus Zschokkea from the Asian part of Russia is given.
Petr V. Tuzovskij
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Here we describe a new subgenus and three new species of parasitic water mites in the genus Unionicola (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from Myanmar: Myanmaratax subgen. nov., Unionicola (Myanmaratax) savadiensis subgen. and sp. nov. (hosts: Lamellidens savadiensis
Yulia E. Chapurina +12 more
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New records of water mites of the family Sperchontidae Thor; 1900 from China (Acari, Hydrachnidia), with descriptions of two new species [PDF]
Five species of water mites of the family Sperchontidae Thor, 1900 are reported from China. Two of them are new to science, Sperchon (Sperchon) orbipatella sp.n. and S. (Sperchon) urumqiensis sp.
Zhang, Xu, Jin, Dao-Chao
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An illustrated description of male of a new species Limnesia mongolica sp. nov. from Dergun reservoir of Mongolia is given. The genital field with three pairs of small acetabula, distance between ac.1 and ac.2 two to three times larger than length of any
Петр Васильевич Тузовский
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Improving control of duponchelia fovealis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) by rooting media related strategies [PDF]
Soil-dwelling predatory mites can be very effective as biological control agents against larvae of the lepidopteral pest Duponchelia fovealis. Some growing media were reported to have natural high level and stable populations of predatory mite.
Blok, C., Messelink, G.J.
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Matching commercial thrips predating phytoseids with the highly diversified climatic conditions of different strawberry production systems [PDF]
Flower inhabiting thrips (Order: Thysanoptera) are a major threat to fruit quality in strawberry production around the world. As chemical control is often inefficient, alternative control measures are of broad and current interest.
Beliën, T +10 more
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Suctorian ciliates (Ciliophora, Suctorea) as epibionts of stream-dwelling aquatic beetles (Coleoptera) and water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) in the southwestern Palaearctic region [PDF]
Based on original data from recent research, numerous new records of the suctorian species living as epibionts on streamdwelling aquatic beetles (Coleoptera) and water mites (Acari, Hydrachnidia) in the southwestern Palaearctic area are given.
Dovgal, I. V., Pešіć, Vladimir
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