ABSTRACT
Some families of Suborder Actineadida play a considerable role in
biological control i.e. (Cheyletidae, Cunaxidae, Stigmaeidae, and Tyeidae).
Majority members are great importance to agriculture small insects, scale
insects and their eggs and immature stages of some soil insects and
nematodes.
This study was under taken to study the biological aspects on the common
predacious Cunaxid mite species, Coleoscirus buartus. It was reared on free
living nematode (Rhabditella muscicola Chitwood) at 26 o C±20C and 70-75 R.H. Current Studies showed that: 1-Incubation period for females was
slightly higher than males averaged (6.1±0.2) and (5.7±0.2) days,
respectively. 2- Life cycle for female and male was averaged (19.2±0.4) and (13.9±0.4) days, respectively. 3-The larval, protonymphal and tritonymphal
stages of the female required an average of (2±0.1), (2.01±0.1), (1.7±0.2)
and (3±0.1) days, respectively. 4- while the larval, protonymphal and
deutonymphal stages of male required an average of (1.9±0.1), (1.91±0.2)
and (1.6±0.2) days, respectively, shorter than female. 5-The total period
required for longevity of female and male was (28.2±1) and (16±0.6) days,
respectively. 6- The immature of female was (13.1±0.4) days, while the
immature of male was (8.3±0.3) days.
Male reached adult stage earlier than female. 7- Number of deposited eggs
per female averaged (40.9±1.7) egg, daily mean 1.8 egg/day. 8- Feeding
capacity to Coleorscirus buartus Consumed free living nematode
Rhabditella muscicola Chitwood1 predator female immature greater
number of prey than male immature. The total averaged (53.5±1.5) and (31.2±1.4) preys for female and male, this resulted from the absence fed on
greater number of preys (318.l ±7.6) individuals (12.8/day), than male
(219±11.6) individuals (10.04/day). 9- Adult stage proved to be most
effective predacious stage as fed on greater number of preys amounting
more than six times of the consumed by immature. 10- Sex ratio 1:4
male/female when reared in the laboratory. 11- While the predator C.
buratus Passes through egg, one larval and three nymphal stage before
reaching adult hood female where as the male passed through egg, larva and
two nymphal stages before becoming an adult do not observed tritonymph
of male.
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