DEVELOPMENT RATES OF THE FALSE-WIREWORM, SOMATICUS-ANGULATUS (FAHRAEUS) (COLEOPTERA, TENEBRIONIDAE), AT DIFFERENT TEMPERATURES

Authors
DRINKWATER TW GILIOMEE JH PRINGLE KL
Citation
Tw. Drinkwater et al., DEVELOPMENT RATES OF THE FALSE-WIREWORM, SOMATICUS-ANGULATUS (FAHRAEUS) (COLEOPTERA, TENEBRIONIDAE), AT DIFFERENT TEMPERATURES, African entomology, 4(1), 1996, pp. 21-24
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
African entomology → ACNP
ISSN journal
10213589
Volume
4
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
21 - 24
Database
ISI
SICI code
1021-3589(1996)4:1<21:DROTFS>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Eggs, larvae and pupae of Somaticus angulatus (Fahraeus) were reared a t different temperatures. The relationship between temperature and dur ation of all developmental stages was determined. The lower threshold temperatures for embryonic, larval and pupal development were 11.5, 11 .0 to 15.4 (depending on the instar) and 14.8 degrees C, respectively. The temperatures required to complete embryonic, larval (pupation at the seventh instar) and pupal development were 196.6, 1038.5 and 148.0 degree days respectively.