Phoretic relationship between the myceliophagous mite Microdispus lambi (Acari: Microdispidae) and mushroom flies in Spanish crops
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Navarro, María, J.
López-Serrano, Francisco R.
Escudero-Colomar, Lucía A.
Gea, Francisco J.
Data de publicació
2019-02-26ISSN
0003-4746
Resum
We studied the role played by the phorid Megaselia halterata (Wood) and the sciarid Lycoriella auripila (Winnertz) in the phoretic dispersion of the myceliophagous mite Microdispus lambi (Acari: Pygmephoridae). Twenty‐four crops were monitored during 18 months in commercial mushroom farms in Castilla‐La Mancha (Spain). Adults of both species were collected weekly and the mites they carried were counted and identified. Both phorids (19.6%) and sciarids (4.4%) carried the mite M. lambi. The calculated load of each was 3.4 M. lambi mites per phorid and 1.9 per sciarid. The same percentage of male and female phorid was used as vector, but the load was slightly higher for females (1.86 mites per female compared with1.48 mites per male). A mean of 7.2% of the phorids examined in winter were vectors of M. lambi, while in spring and autumn of the first year the average was more than 22%. The mean load did not vary significantly between seasons. Inside the mushroom farms, less than 10% of a small initial population of phorids carried mites (less than two mites per phorid). As the cycle progressed, more than 35% of a larger population of emerging flies did so (average 3.5 mites per phorid vector). At the end of the growth cycle, the flies may fly off to colonise nearby farms, favouring the propagation of M. lambi from infested to uninfested crops. Megaselia halterata is the principal vector of M. lambi in the mushroom farms of Castilla‐La Mancha due to their high numbers, the high percentage carrying mites and the number of M. lambi they carry.
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English
Matèries (CDU)
632 - Malalties i protecció de les plantes
Pàgines
21
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Wiley
Publicat a
Annals of Applied Biology
Citació
Navarro, María J., Francisco R. López-Serrano, Lucía A. Escudero-Colomar, and Francisco J. Gea. 2019. "Phoretic Relationship Between The Myceliophagous Mite Microdispus Lambi (Acari: Microdispidae) And Mushroom Flies In Spanish Crops". Annals Of Applied Biology. Wiley. doi:10.1111/aab.12498.
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Protecció Vegetal Sostenible
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