The life-cycle

MA Jervis, MJW Copland, KS Shameer… - Jervis's Insects as Natural …, 2023 - Springer
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Foraging behaviour

MDE Fellowes, JJM van Alphen, KS Shameer… - Jervis's Insects as …, 2023 - Springer
In this chapter, we consider practical aspects of the foraging behaviour of insect natural
enemies in its widest sense (so wide that we even include a few examples concerning non …

Anthocorid predators

CR Ballal, K Yamada - Ecofriendly pest management for food security, 2016 - Elsevier
Anthocorid predators are recognized as potential biocontrol agents in different parts of the
world. Natural populations of several potential anthocorids have been successful in …

Annotated catalogue of the flower bugs from India (Heteroptera: Anthocoridae, Lasiochilidae)

CR Ballal, SA Akbar, K Yamada, AA Wachkoo… - Acta Entomologica …, 2018 - biotaxa.org
The present paper provides a checklist of the flower bug families Anthocoridae and
Lasiochilidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of India based on literature and newly collected …

Contests between beneficial natural enemies: brood‐guarding parasitoids vs. foraging predators

MC Velasco‐Hernandez, KS Shameer… - Entomologia …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Beneficial insects, such as natural enemies, are important to agro‐ecosystem functioning
and thus agricultural production. Parasitoids and predators can provide sustainable long …

Interceptions of Anthocoridae, Lasiochilidae, and Lyctocoridae at the Miami plant inspection station (Hemiptera: Heteroptera)

DR Horton, TM Lewis, TT Dobbs - Florida Entomologist, 2013 - JSTOR
Abstract Specimens of Anthocoridae, Lyctocoridae, and Lasiochilidae (Hemiptera:
Heteroptera) intercepted at various ports-of-entry and housed at the Animal and Plant Health …

[PDF][PDF] Taxonomic and biological notes on Cardiastethus affinis and C. pseudococci pseudococci (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Anthocoridae) in India

K Yamada, K Bindu, M Nasser - Zootaxa, 2008 - researchgate.net
Cardiastethus affinis and C. pseudococci pseudococci were recognized in Kerala State,
southern India: the latter is recorded from India for the first time. It is found that Cardiastethus …

Functional response of three species of predatory pirate bugs to different densities of blossom thrips, Frankliniella schultzei Trybom (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)

R Varshney, N Budhlakoti, CR Ballal - Current Science, 2020 - JSTOR
The functional response of three anthocorid bugs, namely Blaptostethus pallescens
Poppius, Cardiastethus affinis Poppius and Montandoniola indica Yamada (Heteroptera …

Biological Control of the Coconut Caterpillar Opisina Arenosella (Lepidoptera: Xylorictidae): Achievements and Prospects

M Nasser, UC Abdurahiman - Biocontrol Potential and its Exploitation in …, 2001 - Springer
As a serious defoliator of the coconut trees in India, Srilanka, Bangladesh and Myanmar, the
blackheaded caterpillar pest of coconut, Opisina arenosella Walker (= Nephantis serinopa …

The Flower Bugs (Anthocoridae)

CR Ballal, T Gupta, R Varshney - Insect Predators in Pest …, 2023 - taylorfrancis.com
Anthocorids, commonly called as minute pirate bugs or flower bugs, belong to the order
Hemiptera, super family Cimicoidea, and family Anthocoridae. Globally, 500–600 species of …