Biology of Zetzellia mali (Ewing) (Acari: Stigmaeidae) in Karaj, Iran

Azari, Ahmad; Kamali, Koorosh; Saboori, Alireza; Nowzari, J.

doi:10.11158/saa.6.1.9

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“…These mites are of agricultural importance, respectively as biocontrol agent and plant pest in fruit orchards in Iran (Khanjani and Ueckermann 2002). The predatory mite Z. mali feeds on various phytophagous mites in apple orchards (Jamali et al 2001;White and Laing 1977a, b;Santos 1975). In Iran, it is the only predatory mite in the region where hawthorn spider mites occur and it is therefore expected to be a potential biocontrol agent of this spider mite (Zahedi-Golpayegani et al 2003).…”

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Olfactory response of the predator Zetzellia mali to a prey patch occupied by a conspecific predator

2007

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While searching for food, predators may use volatiles associated with their prey, but also with their competitors for prey. This was tested for the case of Zetzellia mali (Ewing) (Acari: Stigmaeidae), an important predator of the hawthorn spider mite, Amphitetranychus viennensis (Zacher) (Acari: Tetranychidae), in black-cherry orchards in Baraghan, Iran. Using a Y-tube olfactometer, the response of this predatory mite was tested to odour from black-cherry leaves with a conspecific female predatory mite, either with or without a female of the hawthorn spider mite when the alternative odour came from black-cherry leaves with the hawthorn spider mite only. Female predators avoided odours from leaves with both a hawthorn spider mite and a conspecific predator, as well as leaves with a conspecific predator only. We discuss whether avoidance emerges in response to cues from the competitor/predator, the herbivore/prey or the herbivore-damaged plant.

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