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Interspecific interactions involving Neoseiulus californicus (Acari: Phytoseiidae) and Agistemus brasiliensis (Acari: Stigmaeidae) as predators of Brevipalpus phoenicis (Acari: Tenuipalpidae)

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Brevipalpus phoenicis (Geijskes) is associated with the transmission of Citrus leprosis which is considered the main viral disease for the Brazilian citrus production. Mites of the families Stigmaeidae and Phytoseiidae coexist in various agricultural crops, often promoting the biological control of pest mites. The aim of this work was to study the interactions of Neoseiulus californicus (McGregor) (Phytoseiidae) and Agistemus brasiliensis Matioli, Ueckermann & Oliveira (Stigmaeidae), in the presence or absence of B. phoenicis. Two experiments were carried out. In the first, a N. californicus female was placed in each leaf disc arena, with eggs of B. phoenicis and A. brasiliensis as food sources. In the second, an A. brasiliensis female was placed in each arena, with eggs of B. phoenicis and N. californicus as food sources. Adults of both predators were able to consume both types of eggs available as food sources, but they fed on considerably higher proportions of B. phoenicis than on eggs of the predator. Eggs of A. brasiliensis were not a suitable food source for N. californicus, which produced only 0.1 egg per female per day when only eggs of that species were present in the experimental unit. The results suggest that eggs of N. californicus were a suitable food source for A. brasiliensis, which oviposited 1.12 eggs per day, when only eggs of N. californicus were provided to the stigmaeid mite. The possible interactions among N. californicus, A. brasiliensis and B. phoenicis in citrus orchards are discussed.

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Acknowledgments

The authors are thankful to FAPESP (São Paulo Research Foundation) for the financial support to this research (Processes 2008/52691-9 and 2013/05829-3) and for the Postdoctoral fellowship to Marcos Zatti da Silva (Process 2009/08789-7); also, thanks go to CNPq-Brazil (The National Council for Scientific and Technological Development) for providing the research fellowship to the second author. We are also grateful to Dr. Gilberto José de Moraes (ESALQ/USP) for the identification of N. californicus, and to Dr. André Luiz Matioli (Biological Institute) for the identification of A. brasiliensis.

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  1. Laboratório de Acarologia, Instituto Biológico, APTA, Caixa Postal 70, Campinas, SP, CEP 13001-970, Brazil

    Marcos Zatti da Silva & Mário Eidi Sato

  2. Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinária, UNESP, Via de acesso Donato Castellane s/n, Jaboticabal, SP, CEP 14884-900, Brazil

    Carlos Amadeu Leite de oliveira

  3. Laboratório de Irradiação de Alimentos e Radioentomologia, Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura, USP, Caixa Postal 96, Piracicaba, SP, CEP 13400-970, Brazil

    Roberto Lomba Nicastro

  4. Instituto Biológico, Rodovia Heitor Penteado km 3.5, Campinas, SP, CEP 13092-543, Brazil

    Marcos Zatti da Silva

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da Silva, M.Z., Sato, M.E., de oliveira, C.A.L. et al. Interspecific interactions involving Neoseiulus californicus (Acari: Phytoseiidae) and Agistemus brasiliensis (Acari: Stigmaeidae) as predators of Brevipalpus phoenicis (Acari: Tenuipalpidae). Exp Appl Acarol 65, 319–329 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10493-014-9874-z

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