Functional Response of Acanthaspis quinquespinosa (Fabricius) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) on Coptotermes Heimi (Wasmann)
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Entomology Research Unit, St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), Palayankottai - 627002, Tamil Nadu ,IN
Dunston P. Ambrose -
Entomology Research Unit, St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), Palayankottai - 627002, Tamil Nadu ,INJ. Micheal Raja
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Entomology Research Unit, St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), Palayankottai - 627002, Tamil Nadu ,INS. Rajan Jesu
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https://doi.org/10.18311/jbc/2008/3814Keywords:
Acanthaspis quinquespinosa, Coptotermes heimi, Functional Response, Reduviidae, Termite.Abstract
Functional response of Acanthaspis quinquespinosa (Fabricius) to the termite, Coptotermes heimi (Wasmann), was studied in the laboratory. The adults of A. quinquespinosa responded to the increasing prey density of C. heimi by killing more number of them than killed at lower densities, thus exhibiting type II functional response. The searching capacity of A. quinquespinosa increased with increasing termite density and this reflected its predatory potential.
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Published
2008-06-14
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Ambrose, D. P., Micheal Raja, J., & Rajan Jesu, S. (2008). Functional Response of <I>Acanthaspis quinquespinosa</I> (Fabricius) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) on <I>Coptotermes Heimi</I> (Wasmann). Journal of Biological Control, 22(1), 163–168. https://doi.org/10.18311/jbc/2008/3814
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