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EXPERIMENTAL AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY
Volume 35, Issue 3, Pages 197-213Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-004-4186-3
Keywords
biological control; developmental parameters; Florida everglades; invasive species; native range studies; plant-feeding mites
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The biology and phenology of the eriophyid mite, Floracarus perrepae Knihinicki and Boczek,a potential biological control agent of Lygodium microphyllum (Cav.) R. Br., was studied in its native range - Queensland, Australia. F. perrepae forms leaf roll galls oil tile subpinnae of L. microphyllum. It has a simple biology, with females and males produced throughout the year. Tile Population was female biased at 10.5 to 1. The immature development time was 8.9 +/- 0.1 and 7.0 +/- 0.1 days; adult longevity was 30.6 +/- 1.6 and 19.4 +/- 1.2 days and mean fecundity per female was 54.5 +/- 3.2 and 38.5 +/- 1.6 eggs at 21 and 26 degrees C, all respectively. Field studies showed that tile mite was active year round, with populations peaking when temperatures were cool and soil moisture levels were highest. Two species of predatory mites, Tarsonemus sp. and a species of Tydeidae, along with the pathogen Hirsutella thompsonii, had significant effects oil all life stages of F. perrepae. Despite high levels of predators and the pathogen, F. perrepae caused consistent damage to L. microphyllum at all the field sites over the entire 2 years of the study.
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