Host specificity tests of Chrysomelobia labidomerae, a mite parasitic on the Colorado potato beetle
Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
1-1-1985
Abstract
The parasitic mite, Chrysomelobia labidomerae Eickwort, appears to be limited to coleopterous hosts in the tribe Zygogrammini of the subfamily Chrysomelinae. The mite was originally described as a parasite of adult Labidomera clivicollis (Kirby) in New York. We found it in Mexico parasitizing 4 additional species in the tribe Zygogrammini: Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say), Leptinotarsa undecemlineata Stahl., Leptinotarsa signaticollis Stahl., and Leptinotarsa cacica Stahl. Experimentally, we found many species to be unsuitable hosts for a Mexican race of the mite including the honey bee, Apis mellifera (L.); coccinellids: Hippodamia convergens Guerin-Meneville, Coleomegilla maculata (DeGeer), Coccinella septempunctata L., and the Mexican bean beetle, Epilachna varivestis Mulsant; carabids: Harpalus pennsylvanicus DeGeer, and Clivinia impressifrons LeConte; the cerambycid, Tetraopes tetrophthalmus (Forster); and the chrysomelid, Lema trilineata L. Larvae of L. decemlineata were also found to be unsuitable hosts. © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Publication Title, e.g., Journal
International Journal of Acarology
Volume
11
Issue
3
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Drummond, Francis A., Patrick A. Logan, Richard A. Casagrande, and Fern A. Gregson. "Host specificity tests of Chrysomelobia labidomerae, a mite parasitic on the Colorado potato beetle." International Journal of Acarology 11, 3 (1985). doi: 10.1080/01647958508683411.