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Aphidophagous Cecidomyiidae (Diptera): taxonomy, biology and assessments of field populations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

K. M. Harris
K. M. Harris
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Royal Horticultural Society's Garden, Wisley, Ripley, Woking, Surrey, England
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Abstract

Larvae of Aphidoletes Kieffer and Monobremia Kieffer feed exclusively as predators on aphids. The taxonomic status of these genera and their included species is reviewed and new generic and specific synonymies are given. A. aphidimyza (Rondani), A. urticariae (Kieffer), A. abietis (Kieffer), A. thompsoni Möhn and M. subterranea (Kieffer) are accepted as good species and a neotype is designated for A. urticariae. Diagnostic characters of these species are indicated and characters of the male genitalia, female wings and larval skins are illustrated. Published information on their biology, particularly of the commonest species A. aphidimyza, is summarized and includes details of host ranges and geographical distribution. Lestodiplosis grassator (Fyles), L. pini Barnes, Trilobia aphidisuga Del Guercio, Uncinulella eriosomiperda Del Guercio, Trilobiella siphae Del Guercio and Adelgimyza strobilobii Del Guercio probably prey on aphids but have not been recognized since they were originally described. Comparative assessments of field populations of Aphidoletes by examination of aphid colonies in the field, by incubation of samples in polythene bags and by laboratory examination of samples fixed in 70% ethyl alcohol showed that only the last gives accurate counts of eggs and larvae. Counts of aphids, Aphidoletes, Syrphids, Coccinellids and Anthocorids in 35 samples taken from aphid colonies occurring at Wisley in 1970–72 are tabulated, together with seven samples from other localities. Aphidoletes (mainly A. aphidimyza) was numerically the dominant predator in all three years at Wisley and was about ten times more numerous on wild plants than on cultivated plants.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 63 , Issue 2 , December 1973 , pp. 305 - 325
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1973

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