caa a22 4500 47583464X CHVBK 20180406123850.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20001201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1026576429008 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1026576429008 Stathas G.J. Laboratory ofBiological Control, Kifissia, Benaki Phytopathological Institute, Athens, Greece aut The effect of temperature on the development of thepredator Rhyzobius lophanthae and its phenologyin Greece [Elektronische Daten] [G.J. Stathas] The effect of temperature on thedevelopment of Rhyzobius lophanthae Blaisdell(Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) fed on Aspidiotusnerii Bouché (Homoptera: Diaspididae) undercontrolled laboratory conditions was studied. Theduration of each developmental stage and adultlongevity were measured at 15, 20, 25, and30 °C. The life cycle of R. lophanthae(from egg to oviposition) lasted 78.7, 43.6, 32.1, and 23.9 days, whereas theaverage adult longevity was 257.6, 171.4, 121.3, and88.5 days at each temperature, respectively. Lowtemperature thresholds of R. lophanthae immaturelife stages ranged from 7.6 to 9.3 °C, while thethermal constant for the development of R. lophanthaefrom egg to adult was 443.5 degree-days. The average fecundity at 25 °C was633.7 eggs per female. Rhyzobius lophanthaereared in cages outdoors during 1993-1995 at Kifissia,Athens developed 5 complete overlapping generationsper year from May to October and a 6th partialoverlapping generation during February and March.Adults of the 4th and 5th generation survived winterconditions giving rise to the following year's 1stgeneration. Females were reproductively activethroughout the year, indicating that R.lophanthae does not diapause. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000 fecundity nationallicence phenology nationallicence rearing nationallicence temperature threshold nationallicence thermal constant nationallicence Coccinellidae nationallicence Coleoptera nationallicence Aspidiotus nerii nationallicence Rhyzobius lophanthae nationallicence BioControl Kluwer Academic Publishers 45/4(2000-12-01), 439-451 1386-6141 45:4<439 2000 45 10526 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026576429008 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026576429008 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Stathas G.J. Laboratory ofBiological Control, Kifissia, Benaki Phytopathological Institute, Athens, Greece aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- BioControl Kluwer Academic Publishers 45/4(2000-12-01), 439-451 1386-6141 45:4<439 2000 45 10526 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer