Ocorrência do ácaro Pyemotes sp. (Acari: Pyemotidae) em criações de insetos em laboratório

Prostigmata (Acari: Trombidiformes) as Biological Control Agents

“…Other species of this group have been considered potentially useful for the control of several pests, including several stored product insects, the pink bollworm [ Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders)], the fi re ant ( Solenopsis invicta Buren) and the tomato leafminer [ Tuta absoluta (Meyerick)] (Bruce 1983 ;Cunha et al 2006 ;Oliveira et al 2007 ). Diets for the mass production of P. tritici were developed (Bruce 1983 ), but the major constraints for the practical use of mites of this group in biological control projects are the lack of specifi city of some of these species and the ability to cause dermatitis to humans (De Santis 1945 ;Vaivanijkul and Haramoto 1969 ;Moser 1975 ).…”

Research Article Widespread infestation of <i>Pyemotes</i> <i>tritici</i> (Acari: Pyemotidae) in colonies of seven species of stored-product insects

“…Mites are reported ectoparasites of insects reared in laboratories, which are pests of stored grains (Bruce and Lecato, 1980;Tawfik et al, 1981;Hoschele and Tanigoshi, 1993;Cunha et al, 2006;Oliveira and Matos, 2006). Under favorable reproductive conditions of humidity and temperature, members of the Pyemotidae family are prominent (Bruce, 1984).…”

“…Under favorable reproductive conditions of humidity and temperature, members of the Pyemotidae family are prominent (Bruce, 1984). Pyemotes tritici (Acari: Pyemotidae) are ectoparasites of a large number of arthropods, among which they are species of the insect class (Cunha et al, 2006). They have a short life cycle, rapid population growth, and various modes of dispersion; they adapt to different habitats, have diverse feeding habits, and ectoparasitize insects of the orders Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Hemiptera, Strepsiptera, and Diptera (Oliveira et al, 2007;Menezes et al, 2009;Oliveira et al, 2010;Dhooria, 2016).…”

“…They have a short life cycle, rapid population growth, and various modes of dispersion; they adapt to different habitats, have diverse feeding habits, and ectoparasitize insects of the orders Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Hemiptera, Strepsiptera, and Diptera (Oliveira et al, 2007;Menezes et al, 2009;Oliveira et al, 2010;Dhooria, 2016). An important characteristic of these mites is their ability to feed on several insect species at various stages of development, subsequently reproducing rapidly if the environmental conditions are suitable (Tawfik et al, 1981;Bruce, 1984;Cunha et., 2006).…”

“…Moreover, infestations of Pyemotes sp. were observed in colonies of Anagasta kuehniella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), Sitophilus zeamais (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) (Cunha et al, 2006), Tuta absolute (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) (Cunha et al, 2006;Oliveira et al, 2007), Cathartus quadricollis (Coleoptera: Silvanidae) and Callosobruchus maculatus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) (Oliveira et al, 2010).…”