Claim · model-written summary
Sex ratios were female biased in I. armipes, S. signatus and P. bimaculatus.
- Taxon
- cashew
Anacardium occidentalet0 - Interactor
- I. armipesIrantha armipese0biocontrol_agent
- Outcome
- sex ratiose0
- Direction
- female-biasede0
- Qualifier
- S. signatus, and P. bimaculatuse0
Verbatim
e0“The sex ratios of I. armipes, S. signatus, and P. bimaculatus were female-biased”
t0“Cashew”
Title
K. K. Srikumar; P. S. Bhat; T. N. Raviprasad; et al. Journal of Agricultural and Urban Entomology 2014. doi:10.3954/jaue14-14.1
Other claims from this paper (12)
- Observation Six harpactorine reduviids were found feeding on H. antonii in cashew in India.
- Observation Panthous bimaculatus laid the most eggs.
- Observation Panthous bimaculatus had prolonged incubation.
- Observation E. plagiatus had the shortest incubation period.
- Observation E. plagiatus had the highest nymphal survival.
- Observation E. albomaculatus had the lowest nymphal survival.
- Observation Post-embryonic development varied significantly among the six reduviid species.
- Observation Sex ratios were male biased in E. plagiatus, E. bicolor and E. albomaculatus.
- Observation Adult longevity varied significantly among the six reduviids.
- Observation Prey capture aggressiveness and rostral thrusting varied among species.
- Observation Post-copulatory cannibalism was observed only in E. bicolor.
- Recommendation The authors proposed E. plagiatus for effective mass culture.