The effect of environmental conditions on diapause in the blister beetle, Mylabris phalerata (Coleoptera: Meloidae)

Title:

The effect of environmental conditions on diapause in the blister beetle, Mylabris phalerata (Coleoptera: Meloidae)

Creator:

Zhu, Fen, Xue, Fangsen, and Lei, Chaoliang

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:073dcc14-3f63-48e9-92ac-da2d84fbc21a
uuid:073dcc14-3f63-48e9-92ac-da2d84fbc21a

Subject:

Meloidae, Mylabris phalerata, temperature, photoperiod, soil water content, larval diapause, diapause intensity, and sensitive stage

Type:

article, model:article, and TEXT

Description:

In the field, the blister beetle Mylabris phalerata Pallas (Coleoptera: Meloidae) undergoes larval diapause in the ground, which lasts for nearly six months. The effect of the soil environment on this diapause was examined. Final instar larvae kept at temperatures of >= 26°C do not enter diapause and continued to develop regardless of the soil water content and photoperiod. Below 25°C the final instar larvae entered diapause regardless of soil water content and photoperiod. The early stages, particularly L2, appeared to be more important for diapause induction than the later stages. However, the other instars were also sensitive. Temperature, rather then photoperiod was the main factor influencing pupal duration.

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
policy:public

Source:

European Journal of Entomology | 2006 Volume:103 | Number:3

Harvested from:

CDK

Metadata only:

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