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BIONOMICS OF ENOCLERUS BARRI (COLEOPTERA: CLERIDAE)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Richard E. Rice
Richard E. Rice
Affiliation:
Entomology Research Division, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Riverside, California
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Abstract

Enoclerus barri Knull occurs in western North America from British Columbia south to Mexico and throughout the Rocky Mountain region. Adults were collected at Grass Valley, Calif., from May to September at traps baited with beetle attractants. Collections occurred at temperatures ranging from 22.5° to 31 °C; the sex ratio of trapped beetles was 4.5 females to 1 male. Duration of life cycle stages at 24 ± 2 °C were: egg, 9 days; larva, first iastar, 14 days; second instar, 12 days; third instar feeding stage, 14 days. All larvae reared to third instar failed to pupate in the laboratory. Adult females of unknown age when collected lived from 10 to 131 days and produced an average of 389 eggs per female. Enoclerus barri utilized six species of Scolytidae as hosts in the laboratory.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 101 , Issue 4 , April 1969 , pp. 382 - 386
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1969

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