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Imaginal induction of diapause in several ‘adult‐female diapausing’ spider mites
Author(s) -
Saito Yutaka,
Ito Katsura,
Sakagami Takane
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
physiological entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.693
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1365-3032
pISSN - 0307-6962
DOI - 10.1111/j.0307-6962.2005.00441.x
Subject(s) - diapause , biology , tetranychus urticae , moulting , spider , spider mite , pupa , zoology , acari , larva , botany
. The possibility of imaginal induction of diapause in adult female spider mites is suggested in Stigmaeopsis miscanthi . Here, several spider mites are studied to investigate the generality of this phenomenon. The existence of imaginal induction of reproductive diapause is established in Stigmaeopsis longus , two forms of S. miscanthi and Tetranychus kanzawai adult females. The females that develop under diapause‐averting (long days and 18 °C) conditions are induced to diapause under short‐daylength conditions at 18 °C after moulting to the adult stage. However, the adult females of Tetranychus urticae never diapause under these conditions.