FUNCTIONAL-RESPONSE OF RHYNOCORIS-MARGINATUS FABRICIUS (HETEROPTERA, REDUVIIDAE) TO MYLABRIS-PUSTULATA THUNBERG (COLEOPTERA, MELOIDIAE)

Authors
AMBROSE DP CLAVER MA MARIAPPAN P
Citation
Dp. Ambrose et al., FUNCTIONAL-RESPONSE OF RHYNOCORIS-MARGINATUS FABRICIUS (HETEROPTERA, REDUVIIDAE) TO MYLABRIS-PUSTULATA THUNBERG (COLEOPTERA, MELOIDIAE), Fresenius environmental bulletin, 5(1-2), 1996, pp. 85-89
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Environmental Sciences
Journal title
Fresenius environmental bulletin → ACNP
ISSN journal
10184619
Volume
5
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
85 - 89
Database
ISI
SICI code
1018-4619(1996)5:1-2<85:FORF(R>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Functional response of the reduviid predator Rhynocoris marginatus Fab ricius to blister beetle Mylabris pustulata Thunberg was studied in be ndhi agroecosystem by field cage experiments. R marginatus positively responded to the changing abundance of prey by killing more prey and e xhibited Holling's second model of functional response. The relationsh ip between predator age and prey killed was linear at all prey densiti es. The searching capacity of R marginatus increased with the increasi ng prey density and this reflected the predator's biocontrol potential .