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Feeding experiments with Hypoaspis aculeifer (Can.) indicated that when Onychiurus Collembola, Rhabditis nematodes and Tribolium eggs were used as prey, the durations from egg deposition to adult emergence were 31–34 days at c. 15 °C but fecundities were low. Collembola were the least suitable prey. Females with access to males for 1, 3 and 6 days, and fed on Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Schrank), produced on average, 95 eggs/female over 88 days. The female: male sex ratio of the progeny was 1.1:1.0. With females in the absence of males, oviposition commenced earlier and continued for a longer time than with those reproducing sexually. Egg production was 51 eggs/female.
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Murphy, P.W., Sardar, M.A. (1991). Resource allocation and utilization contrasts in Hypoaspis aculeifer (Can.) and Alliphis halleri (G. & R. Can.) (Mesostigmata) with emphasis on food source . In: The Acari. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3102-5_22
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