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Leucopis annulipes larvae (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae) use a furtive predation strategy within aphid colonies
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European Journal of Entomology
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July 1, 2008
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Key words. Predation strategy, active-searching predator, furtive predator, Chamaemyiidae, Leucopis annulipes, Cecidomyiidae, Aphidoletes aphidimyza, Coccinellidae, Harmonia axyridis, Acyrthosiphon pisum
Abstract. A laboratory experiment was conducted to determine whether the predation strategy of larvae of the aphidophagous silver fly Leucopis annulipes Zetterstedt (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae) is furtive, as are larvae of the aphidophagous midge Aphidoletes aphidimyza Rondani (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), or active like aphidophagous ladybird beetle larvae (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). The impact of L. annulipes larvae on pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris) (Hemiptera: Aphididae), colony ...