Biology of the spider mite Eotetranychus egypticus Abdel-Rahman, Ibrahim and Ibrahim (Acari: Tetranychidae) Infesting Citrus Fruits in Egypt with Description of its Immature Stages | ||
| Acarines: Journal of the Egyptian Society of Acarology | ||
| Article 2, Volume 3, Issue 1, January 2009, Pages 3-7 PDF (999.12 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original research articles | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ajesa.2009.4959 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Sohier Abdel-Rahman; Abla Ibrahim; G. Ibrahim | ||
| Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The life cycle of the citrus fruit spider mite Eotetranychus egypticus Abdel-Rahman , Ibrahim & Ibrahim averaged 13.9±2.97 days for female and 15.3±1.1 days for male at laboratory conditions of about 25oC & 60% R.H. Egg incubation, and total immature stages period averaged 5.7±0.45 & 8.6 ± 2.66 days for female and 5.8±0.43 & 9.5±1.3 days for male. Oviposition period averaged 13.6±1.37 days during which average female laid 25.4±2.19 eggs with a daily rate 1.9±0.27 eggs. Adult female and male longevity averaged 17.3±0.88 and 8.6±1.28 days respectively. Larva, protonymph and deutonymph were described and illustrated for the first time. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Tetranychidae; Eotetranychus egypticus; biology; Morphology; immature stages | ||
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