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Influences of temperature and humidity on the life history parameters and prey consumption of Anthocoris minki Dohrn (Heteroptera: Anthocoridae)

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Anthocoris minki Dohrn is a promising indigenous Anthocoris species for the biological control of Agonoscena pistaciae Burck. and Laut. (Homoptera: Psyllidae) in pistachio orchards in Turkey. The adult longevity, fecundity, life table parameters and prey consumption of A. minki fed on Ephestia kuehniella Zeller (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) eggs were studied at combinations of three constant temperatures (20, 25 and 30 ± 1°C) with two relative humidity (RH) levels (40 and 65 ± 5%). Studies indicated that temperature and RH significantly affected adult longevity, fecundity and prey consumption of A. minki. The greatest adult female longevity was 116.0 days at 20°C and 65% RH; the shortest adult female longevity was 27.5 days at 30°C and 40% RH. At all tested temperatures, the oviposition period and prey consumption of both females and males significantly decreased at low RH compared to high RH. The highest and lowest total fecundities were 276.0 eggs (at 20°C and 65% RH) and 42.4 eggs (at 25°C and 40% RH), respectively. The intrinsic rates of natural increase (rm) at 40 and 65% RH were 0.049 and 0.076 at 20°C, 0.072 and 0.096 at 25°C and 0.076 and 0.112 at 30°C, respectively. The highest mean numbers of E. kuehniella eggs consumed by females and males were 859.6 (at 20°C) and 515.3 (at 25°C) at 65% RH, respectively; the lowest were 183.3 (at 20°C) and 95.5 (at 25°C) at 40% RH, respectively.

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We would like to thank TUBITAK (Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, project number: TOVAG-107 O 734) for their funding support, and Dr. Abdulbaki Bilgic, Dr. Bekir Bukun and Dr. Ergun Dogan (Faculty of Agriculture, Harran University) for their help and support, as well as Galen Brunk (Colorado State University, Bioagroscience and Pest Management) for correcting the English in this paper.

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Yanik, E., Unlu, L. Influences of temperature and humidity on the life history parameters and prey consumption of Anthocoris minki Dohrn (Heteroptera: Anthocoridae). Appl Entomol Zool 46, 177–184 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13355-011-0029-y

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