Potential of Ascidae, Blattisociidae and Melicharidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) as Biological Control Agents of Pest Organisms

Selection of Predatory Mites for the Biological Control of Potato Tuber Moth in Stored Potatoes

“…Of these species, B. tarsalis is the best studied [22,26]. B. tarsalis is a common predator of moth eggs (Lepidoptera), whose distribution is cosmopolitan in nature and has been reported across many regions of the world 23].…”

“…The use of other families of predatory mites for the control of edaphic plant-eaters is also common and these are available commercially. Most of the available species belong to the Macrochelidae and Laelapidae families [21,22]. Nevertheless, there are other species, which belong to the same family or to other families, that have a potential practical application but have not yet been studied properly [22].Several studies have considered the use of species belonging to the Blattisociidae family as a potential control agent of mites and pest insects under storage conditions [23][24][25], although little knowledge exists about the biology of many species in this genus [26].…”

“…Most of the available species belong to the Macrochelidae and Laelapidae families [21,22]. Nevertheless, there are other species, which belong to the same family or to other families, that have a potential practical application but have not yet been studied properly [22].Several studies have considered the use of species belonging to the Blattisociidae family as a potential control agent of mites and pest insects under storage conditions [23][24][25], although little knowledge exists about the biology of many species in this genus [26]. In some laboratory studies, predation by Blattisocius tarsalis (Berlese), B. dendriticus Berlese and B. keegani Fox has been researched for their potential as biological control agents [23,26,27].…”

“…The use of other families of predatory mites for the control of edaphic plant-eaters is also common and these are available commercially. Most of the available species belong to the Macrochelidae and Laelapidae families [21,22]. Nevertheless, there are other species, which belong to the same family or to other families, that have a potential practical application but have not yet been studied properly [22].…”

First Record of Blattisocius Mali(oudemans, 1929) in Hungaryassociated With the Drosophilid Fly Phortica Semivirgo(máca, 1977)

“…Very often occurs in stored product as well (e.g. apricot, fig, corn, wheat, sunflower, oat, bran, raisin, hazelnut) (ÇAMAK et al, 2011), where it is an important predator of pest astigmatid mites (DE MORAES et al, 2015). However, it was rarely found in association with drosophilid flies (LEHTINEN and ASPI, 1992;CHANT, 1958, PEREZ-LEANOS et al, 2017.…”