Claim · model-written summary
The thesis redescribes the five previously described species of Thaumastocoris.
- Taxon
- Thaumastocoris
Thaumastocorise0 - Outcome
- redescription of the five previously described speciese0
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e0“This includes the redescription of the five previously described species of Thaumastocoris”
Title
Ann E. Noack The Sydney eScholarship Repository (The University of Sydney) 2009
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Observation The thesis describes nine additional new species of Thaumastocoris.
- Observation At 17-22 C the eggs of both T. peregrinus and T. safordi hatched in approximately six days.
- Observation T. peregrinus nymphal stadia lasted 4.6, 3.5, 3.3, 3.7 and 5.3 days, similar to T. safordi.
- Observation T. safordi nymphal stadia lasted 4.7, 3.4, 3.5, 4.0 and 5.2 days, similar to T. peregrinus.
- Observation Adult males and females of both species can live for approximately 40 days.
- Observation Females can produce at least 60 eggs during their lifetime.
- Observation On Eucalyptus nicholii trees T. peregrinus preferred vegetation in the middle to upper canopy and on the northern aspect.
- Observation T. peregrinus showed an ovipositional preference for the midvein of leaves.
- Intervention effect Abundance of T. peregrinus on E. scoparia street trees micro-injected with imidacloprid at three concentrations declined significantly compared with untreated trees over three years.
- Intervention effect At the lowest imidacloprid concentration T. peregrinus was effectively controlled for two years.