Hostname: page-component-76d6cb85b7-92wsb Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2026-07-11T23:37:48.425Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

NOTES ON THE BIOLOGY AND REARING OF TWO SPECIES OF GROUND BEETLES, PTEROSTICHUS MELANARIUS AND HARPALUS PENSYLVANICUS (COLEOPTERA: CARABIDAE)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Alan D. Tomlin
Alan D. Tomlin
Affiliation:
Research Institute, Canada Department of Agriculture, University Sub Post Office, London, Ontario
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Adult carabid beetles of the species Harpalus pensylvanicus (DeGeer) and Pterostichus melanarius (Illiger) were collected from a cultivated field near London, Ont., and brought into the laboratory for observation and mass culture in terraria; the culture method is described. Both species oviposited successfully in the laboratory; P. melanarius produced as many as 134 eggs/female over a 6-month period, whereas H. pensylvanicus deposited only about 10 eggs/female under similar conditions. However, percentage emergence in Harpalus was substantially higher (62.6) than with Pterostichus (36.8 and 45.7). Large numbers of first- and second-instar P. melanarius larvae may be obtained by using the rearing method described. The low oviposition rate of H. pensylvanicus made large-scale rearing of this species difficult.

Observations are made on the mating behaviour and adult parasitization by horsehair worms (Nematomorpha) of Pterostichus.

Information

Type
Articles
Information
The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 107 , Issue 1 , January 1975 , pp. 67 - 74
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1975

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

Article purchase

Temporarily unavailable

References

Briggs, J. B. 1961. A comparison of pitfall trapping and soil sampling in assessing populations of two species of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Rep. E. Mulling Res. Stn 1960: 108–112.Google Scholar
Burgess, A. F. and Collins, C. W.. 1911. The value of predaceous beetles in destroying insect pests, pp. 453–472. USDA Yearbook.Google Scholar
Clausen, C. P. 1940. Entomophagous insects. McGraw-Hill, New York.Google Scholar
Comstock, J. H. 1950. An introduction to entomology. Comstock, Ithaca, N.Y.1064 pp.Google Scholar
Craighead, F. C. 1950. Insect enemies of eastern forests. U.S. Dep. Agric. misc. Publ. 657. 679 pp.Google Scholar
Critchley, B. R. 1972 a. A laboratory study of the effects of some soil-applied organophosphorus pesticides on Carabidae (Coleoptera). Bull. ent. Res. 62: 229–242.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Critchley, B. R. 1972 b. Field investigations on the effects of an organophosphorus pesticide, thionazin, on predaceous Carabidae (Coleoptera). Bull. ent. Res. 62: 327–342.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Davies, M. J. 1953. The contents of the crops of some British carabid beetles. Entomologist's mon. Mag. 89: 18–23.Google Scholar
Edwards, C. A., Lofty, J. R., and Stafford, C. J.. 1970. Effects of pesticides on predatory beetles. Rep. Rothamstead Exp. Stn [Pt. I] 246.Google Scholar
Essig, E. O. 1958. Insects and mites of Western North America. Macmillan, New York. 1050 pp.Google Scholar
Greenslade, P. J. M. 1964. Pitfall trapping as a method for studying populations of Carabidae (Coleoptera). J.Anim. Ecol. 33: 301–310.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Greenslade, P. J. M. 1965. On. the ecology of some British carabid beetles with special reference to life histories. Trans. Soc. Br. Ent. 16: 149–179.Google Scholar
Hallock, H. C. 1929. North American predaceous insects attacking Japanese beetle grubs (Popillia japonica Newman). Ent. News 40: 76–78.Google Scholar
Hughes, R. D. 1959. The natural mortality of Erioischia brassicae (Bouché) (Diptera: Anthomyiidae) during the egg stage of the first generation. J. Anim. Ecol. 28: 343–357.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Johnson, N. E. and Cameron, R. S.. 1969. Phytophagous ground beetles. Ann. ent. Soc. Am. 62: 909–914.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Kabacik-Wasylik, D. 1971. Studies on the diet of three field species of Carabidae. Ekologia Polska 19: 501–508.Google Scholar
Kirk, V. H. 1971 a. A field insectary for ground beetles. Ann. ent. Soc. Am. 64: 302–303.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Kirk, V. H. 1971 b. Ground beetles in cropland in South Dakota. Ann. ent. Soc. Am. 64: 238–241.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Kirk, V. H. 1971 c. Biological studies of a ground beetle, Pterostichus lucublandus. Ann. ent. Soc. Am. 64: 540–544.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Kirk, V. H. 1972. Identification of ground beetle larvae found in cropland in South Dakota. Ann. ent. Soc. Am. 65: 1349–1356.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Kirk, V. H. 1973. Biology of a ground beetle, Harpalus pennsylvanicus. Ann. ent. Soc. Am. 66: 513–518.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Kirk, V. H. 1974. Biology of a ground beetle, Harpalus erraticus. Ann. ent. Soc. Am. 67: 24–28.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Lindroth, C. H. 1949. Die Fennoskandischen Carabidae, III. Allg. Tiel. Kgl. Vetersk. Vitterh. Handl. F. 6, Ser. B. 4: 911.Google Scholar
Mowat, D. J. and Coaker, T. H.. 1967. The toxicity of some soil insecticides to carabid predators of the cabbage root fly (Erioischia brassicae (Bouche)). Ann. appl. Biol. 59: 349–354.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Rivard, I. 1964. Carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from agricultural lands near Belleville, Ontario. Can. Ent. 96: 517–520.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Rivard, I. 1965. Additions to the list of carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from agricultural lands near Belleville, Ontario. Can. Ent. 97: 332–333.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Rivard, I. 1966. Ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in relation to agricultural crops. Can. Ent. 98: 189–195.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Scherney, F. 1960. Beitrage zur Biologie und okonomischen Bedeutung rauberish lebender Kaferarten. Untersuchungen uber da Auftreten von Laufkafern (Carabidae) in Feldkulturen (Teil II). Z. angew Ent. 47: 231–255.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Skuhravy, V. 1958. Vliv obdelavani poli no sezonni vyakyt strevlikovytych. (Influence of field cultivation on seasonal occurrence of carabids.) Zool. listy 7: 325–328.Google Scholar
Sweetman, H. L. 1958. The principles of biological control. Brown, Dubuque, Iowa.Google Scholar
van Dinther, J. B. M. 1963. Residual effect of a number of insecticides on adults of the carabid Pseudophonus rufipes (Dej.). Entomophaga 8: 43–48.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
van Dinther, J. B. M. and Mensink, F. T.. 1971. Use of radioactive phosphorus in studying egg predation by carabids in cauliflower fields. Meded. Fakulteit Landbouw. Gent 36: 283–293.Google Scholar
Williams, G. 1959. The seasonal and diurnal activity of the fauna sampled by pitfall traps in different habitats. J. Anim. Ecol. 28: 1–13.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Wishart, G., Doane, J. F., and Maybee, G. E.. 1956. Notes on beetles as predators of eggs of Hylemya brassicae (Bouché) (Diptera: Anthomyiidae). Can. Ent. 88: 634–639.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Wright, D. W. and Hughes, R. D.. 1959. Controlling a cabbage root fly. The New Scientist 6: 74–75.Google Scholar