Title

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

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