Food Requirement of Rhynocoris kumarii Ambrose & Livingstone (Heteroptera, Reduviidae)

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Authors

  • Entomology Research Unit, St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), Palayankottai - 627 002 ,IN
  • Entomology Research Unit, St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), Palayankottai - 627 002 ,IN

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18311/jbc/1995/7621

Keywords:

R. kumarii, D. venusta, Reduviid Predator, Food Requirement, Predatory Value, Conversion Ratio.

Abstract

Rhynocoris kumarii Ambrose & Living stone was reported as a potential predator of various insects such as Achaea janata Linnaeus, Anomis flava Fabricius, Calacoris angustatus Lethierry, Corcyra cephalonica Stainton, Dysdercus cingulatus Fabricius, Earias insulana Biosdual, Earias vitella Fabricius, Ergolis merione Costa, Euproctis fraterna Moore, Euproctis scintillans Walker, Eupterote mollifera Walker, Helicoverpa armigera Hubner, Tribolium castaneum (Herbst), Mylabris pustulata Thunberg, Oxycarenus hyalinipennis Costa, Papilio demoleus Linnaeus, Patanga succinota (Linnaeus), Pectinophora gossypiella Saunders and Spodoptera litura Fabricius (Ambrose, 1985, 1988, 1995). It inhabits concealed micro habitats especially underneath the stones (Ambrose and Livingstone, 1987).