Hostname: page-component-78c5997874-j824f Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-06T00:20:59.829Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

DESCRIPTION AND LIFE HISTORY OF THE PREDATORY BUG PODISUS SAGITTA (FAB.) (HEMIPTERA: PENTATOMIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

P. De Clercq  and
D. Degheele
P. De Clercq
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Agrozoology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, State University of Gent, Coupure Links 653, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
D. Degheele
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Agrozoology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, State University of Gent, Coupure Links 653, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Podisus sagitta (Fab.) is a small- to medium-sized predatory stink bug, which is distributed from the southern United States into South America. The immature stages and both sexes of the adult insect from a laboratory strain are described and illustrated. Notes on the life history of P. sagitta also are given.

Résumé

Podisus sagitta (Fab.) est un hémiptère prédateur de petite à moyenne dimension, distribué du sud des Etats-Unis en Amérique de Sud. Les stades immatures et les deux sexes de l’insecte adulte d’une souche en laboratoire sont décrits et illustrés. Les auteurs présentent également des notes sur la biologie de P. sagitta.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 122 , Issue 6 , December 1990 , pp. 1149 - 1156
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1990

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Baker, A.D. 1927. Some remarks on the feeding process of the Pentatomidae (Hemiptera–Heteroptera). Nineteenth A. Rep. Queb. Soc. Prot. Pl. (1926–1927): 24–34.Google Scholar
Clausen, C.P. 1940. Entomophagous Insects. McGraw-Hill, New York. 688 pp.Google Scholar
Couturier, A. 1938. Contribution à l'étude biologique de Podisus maculiventris Say, prédateur américain du Doryphore. Ann. Epiphyt. Phytogén. 4: 95–165.Google Scholar
De Clercq, P., Keppens, G., Anthonis, G., and Degheele, D.. 1988. Laboratory rearing of the predatory stinkbug Podisus sagitta (Fab.) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Med. Fac. Landbouww. Rijksuniv. Gent 53: 1213–1217.Google Scholar
DeCoursey, R.M., and Esselbaugh, C.O.. 1962. Descriptions of the nymphal stages of some North American Pentatomidae (Hemiptera–Heteroptera). Ann. ent. Soc. Am. 55: 323–342.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Drummond, F.A., James, R.L., Casagrande, R.A., and Faubert, H.. 1984. Development and survival of Podisus maculiventris (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), a predator of the Colorado potato beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Environ. Ent. 13: 1283–1286.10.1093/ee/13.5.1283CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Dyar, H.G. 1890. The number of molts of lepidopterous larvae. Psyche 5: 420–422.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Esselbaugh, C.O. 1946. A study of the eggs of the Pentatomidae (Hemiptera). Ann. ent. Soc. Am. 39: 667–691.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Gusev, G.V., Zayats, Yu. V., Topashchenko, E.M., and Rzhavina, G.K.. 1983. Control of the Colorado beetle on aubergines. Zashchita rastenii 8: 34. [In Russian; English summary.]Google Scholar
Izhevskii, S.S., and Ziskind, L.A.. 1982. A descriptive model of the laboratory breeding of Podisus. Zashchita rastenii 6: 43. [In Russian; English summary.]Google Scholar
Jones, P.A., and Coppel, H.C.. 1963. Immature stages and biology of Apateticus cynicus (Say) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Can. Ent. 95: 770–779.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Kirkaldy, G.W. 1909. Catalogue of the Hemiptera (Heteroptera). Vol. I. Cimicidae (Pentatomidae). Berlin. 392 pp.Google Scholar
Mukerji, M.K., and LeRoux, E.J.. 1965. Laboratory rearing of a Quebec strain of the pentatomid predator, Podisus maculiventris (Say) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Phytoprotection 46: 40–60.Google Scholar
Mukerji, M.K., and LeRoux, E.J.. 1969. The effect of predator age on the functional response of Podisus maculiventris to the prey size of Galleria mellonella. Can. Ent. 101: 314–327.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Oetting, R.D., and Yonke, T.R.. 1971. Immature stages and biology of Podisus placidus and Stiretrus fimbriatus (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Can. Ent. 103: 1505–1516.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
O', R.J. 1988. Predation by Podisus maculiventris (Say) on Mexican bean beetle, Epilachna varivestis Mulsant, in Indiana soybeans. Can. Ent. 120: 161–166.Google Scholar
Prebble, M.L. 1933. The biology of Podisus serieventris Uhler in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Can. J. Res. 9: 1–30.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Richman, D.B., and Mead, F.W.. 1980. Stages in the life cycle of a predatory stink bug, Podisus maculiventris (Say) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Fla. Dept. Agric. and Consumer Services, Ent. Circ. 216, 2 pp.Google Scholar
Richman, D.B., and Whitcomb, W.H.. 1978. Comparative life cycles of four species of predatory stinkbugs (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Fla. Ent. 61: 113–119.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Schouteden, H. 1907. Heteroptera. Family Pentatomidae. Subfamily Asopinae (Amyoteinae). pp. 1–82, plates 1–5 in Wytsman, P. (Ed.), Genera Insectorum, fasc. 52.Google Scholar
Tostowaryk, W. 1971. Life history and behavior of Podisus modestus (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in boreal forest in Quebec. Can. Ent. 103: 662–674.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Waddill, V., and Shepard, M.. 1975. A comparison of predation by the pentatomids, Podisus maculiventris (Say) and Stiretrus anchorago (F.), on the Mexican bean beetle, Epilachna varivestis Mulsant. Ann. ent. Soc. Am. 68: 1023–1027.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Warren, L.O., and Wallis, G.. 1971. Biology of the spined soldier bug, Podisus maculiventris (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). J. Georgia ent. Soc. 6: 109–116.Google Scholar