EFFECT OF ENVIRONMENTAL-TEMPERATURE ON DEVELOPMENT FECUNDITY, SURVIVAL AND PREDATION OF THE SNAIL-PREDATOR SARCOPHAGA-MISERA (DIPT., SARCOPHAGIDAE)

Authors
PARASHAR BD RAO YVS RAO KM
Citation
Bd. Parashar et al., EFFECT OF ENVIRONMENTAL-TEMPERATURE ON DEVELOPMENT FECUNDITY, SURVIVAL AND PREDATION OF THE SNAIL-PREDATOR SARCOPHAGA-MISERA (DIPT., SARCOPHAGIDAE), Entomophaga, 42(3), 1997, pp. 343-347
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Entomophaga → ACNP
ISSN journal
00138959
Volume
42
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
343 - 347
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-8959(1997)42:3<343:EOEODF>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Effect of temperature (10 degrees-45 degrees C) on development, fecund ity, survival, population parameters, and rate of predation on snail b y the fly Sarcophaga (Parasarcophaga) misera has been studied under co ntrolled laboratory conditions. Temperatures ranging from 25 degrees-3 0 degrees C effected higher rate of development, fecundity, and predat ion on the snail Indoplanorbis exustus, than at 15 degrees, 20 degrees , 35 degrees & 40 degrees C. Longevity was maximum at 20 degrees C. Im plications of the role of temperature in influencing the biology and p redation by this fly are discussed.