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Effects of sex ratio on different biological parameters of Engytatus varians (Distant) (Hemiptera: Miridae) adults and their offspring: prey preference for Bactericera cockerelli (Sulcer) (Hemiptera: Triozidae)

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Laura Verónica Mena-Mociño ,
Samuel Pineda ,
Ana Mabel Martínez ,
Luis Jesús Palma-Castillo ,
Benjamín Gómez-Ramos ,
Elisa Viñuela Open the ORCID record for Elisa Viñuela [Opens in a new window]  and
José Isaac Figueroa Open the ORCID record for José Isaac Figueroa [Opens in a new window]
Laura Verónica Mena-Mociño
Affiliation:
Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Tarímbaro, Michoacán, México
Samuel Pineda
Affiliation:
Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Tarímbaro, Michoacán, México
Ana Mabel Martínez
Affiliation:
Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Tarímbaro, Michoacán, México
Luis Jesús Palma-Castillo
Affiliation:
Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Tarímbaro, Michoacán, México
Benjamín Gómez-Ramos
Affiliation:
Tecnológico Nacional de México, Instituto Tecnológico del Valle de Morelia, Morelia, Michoacán, México
Elisa Viñuela
Affiliation:
Protección de Cultivos, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica, Alimentaria y de Biosistemas, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Madrid, Spain
José Isaac Figueroa*
Affiliation:
Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Tarímbaro, Michoacán, México
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Author for correspondence: José Isaac Figueroa, Email: figueroaji@yahoo.com.mx
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Abstract

In the present study, the influence of three sex ratios (1:1, 1:2, and 1:3; female:male) of the mirid Engytatus varians (Distant) (Hemiptera) on different biological parameters and on its offspring was evaluated. The prey preference of different developmental stages of this predator for different nymphal instars (N) of Bactericera cockerelli (Sulcer) (Hemiptera: Triozidae) was also evaluated. The fertility was significantly higher (24 nymphs/female) in the 1:3 sex ratio than in the 1:1 and 1:2 sex ratios (14 and 16 nymphs/female, respectively). The females in the 1:1 and 1:2 sex ratios lived 1.14 and 1.43 days more (27 and 28 days, respectively) than those in the 1:3 sex ratio (26 days). The nymphs derived from the females of the three sex ratios (first filial generation, F1) had five instars and a duration of 17 or 18 days. The ratio of the F1 generation females was not affected by the sex ratio of their parents. In choice tests, independent of whether the preys were placed on a single or multiple tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) leaflets, the consumption of females and males and N3, N4, and N5 nymphs of E. varians on B. cockerelli, generally showed the order of N2>N3>N4>N5. In conclusion, the findings revealed in this study can help to improve the rearing methodology for increasing populations of E. varians. In addition, they can serve as a guideline for releasing this predator in times when there is an abundance of early instar nymphs of B. cockerelli.

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Choice testsfertilitylongevitynymphal instarstomato psyllidzoophytophagous predator
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 111 , Issue 6 , December 2021 , pp. 733 - 740
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These authors contributed equally to this work.

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