Laboratory rearing of Abidama liuensis (Hemiptera: Cercopidae) and description of immature stages

Abstract

There are few studies on the occurrence and control of A. liuensis due to the lack of information on its biology and morphology. With the development of rearing techniques, other cercopids have been successfully reared in the laboratory (Fewkes & Demidecki-Demidowicz, 1971; McWilliams & Cook, 1975; Lapointe et al., 1989). Development of technique for rearing A. liuensis in the laboratory would greatly facilitate future biological and molecular studies on this species. There is some knowledge of the biology of cercopids, but the immature stages of most species have not been described (