Distribution, survivorship and mortality sources in immature stages of the neotropical leaf miner Pachyschelus coeruleipennis Kerremans (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)

Brazilian Journal of Biology

J. M. Queiroz¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Estadual de Campinas Departamento de Zoologia Campinas SP ,Brazil

关键词: natural enemies;    parasitism;    predation;    insect life history;    Croton floribundus;    Buprestidae leafminer;    Pachyschelus coeruleipennis;    minadores de folhas;    inimigos naturais;    parasitoidismo;    predação;    Croton floribundus;    Pachyschelus coeruleipennis;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1519-69842002000100009

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Distribution, sources of mortality, and survivorship of immatures was investigated during the reproductive season of the neotropical buprestid leaf miner, Pachyschelus coeruleipennis, that burrows in leaves of Croton floribundus (Euphorbiaceae) in SE, Brazil. Immature distribution was investigated by a random sample of 120 shrubs of C. floribundus growing along forest edges. Marked leaves were followed to recorded sources of mortality and survivorship of immature stages. Females lay their eggs preferentially in the young leaves of the host plant, with mines and pupal cells having been found on the middle part of plants. Densities of eggs, active mines, and pupal cells were, respectively, 25 ± 2, 6 ± 1, and 1 ± 0.3 per 100 leaves. Predators and parasitoids accounted for the majority of losses in the immature P. coeruleipennis population. Mortality was 3 times lower in the egg stage than in the last larval instar. Predation rate was greater than parasitism but the latter increased much more during the development of immatures. Survivorship and sources of mortality were different between early and late season sample of leaf-miner immatures. Parasitism rate was greater in the late-season whereas predation was greater in early-season samples. These results are compared with mortality patterns described for other buprestid leaf miners in temperate and tropical regions.

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