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A Greek strain of the miteTetranychus cinnabarinus, collected from ivy (Hedera spec.) in Thessaloniki (41 °N), exhibits a facultative, imaginal diapause. Diapause is induced by photoperiod and the photoperiodic response is of the long-day type. The critical daylength is 12.5 h at 19 °C. A period of chilling is not necessary for the termination of diapause under long-day conditions. Diapausing females are sensitive to photoperiod at least during the first 11/2 month of diapause.
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Vaz Nunes, M. Some aspects of induction and termination of diapause in a Greek strain of the miteTetranychus cinnabarinus (Boisduval) Boudreaux, 1956 (Acari: Tetranychidae). Exp Appl Acarol 2, 315–321 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01193897
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