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Life cycle of Liposcelis entomophila (Psocoptera: Liposcelididae) and a culturing regime for liposcelids

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Edmund C.W. Leong  and
S.H. Ho
Edmund C.W. Leong
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, National University of Singapore
S.H. Ho*
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, National University of Singapore
*
Dr S.H. Ho, Department of Zoology, National University of Singapore, Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 0511.
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Abstract

The life cycle of Liposcelis entomophila (Enderlein) (Psocoptera: Liposcelididae) was studied at 30 ± 1°C and 75 ± 3% r.h. The mean developmental period of the females was 22.3 days and that of the males was 18.4 days. This corresponded to the males undergoing three, and the females four, nymphal stages. A 28% developmental mortality was observed. The average number of offspring produced in the first fornight was 9.6 and the natural mortality of the females was noted only from the sixth week, increasing to 54.1% by the 12th week. An extraction and culturing regime to obtain populations of one- to three-week old adult females was developed. This procedure was also found to be ideal for L. bostrychophila Badonnel.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 85 , Issue 4 , December 1995 , pp. 501 - 506
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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