Open AccessTHE LARVA OF LAZUS VILLOSUS (COLEOPTERA: MELYRIDAE) FEEDING ON THE EGG PODS OF THE AUSTRALIAN PLAGUE LOCUST, CHORTOZCETES TERMZNZFERA (ORTHOPTERA: ACRIDIDAE)
Author(s) -
Farrow R. A.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1974.tb02172.x
Subject(s) - acrididae , biology , orthoptera , locust , predation , larva , plague (disease) , migratory locust , zoology , predator , acridoidea , ecology , history , archaeology
A new egg‐pod predator of the Australian plague‐locust, Chortoicetes terminifera (Walker), the larva of the melyrid beetle Laius villosus Lea is described. It was found in winter egg‐pods of Acrididae in the Central West of New South Wales in 1972 and 1973. A brief account is given of the ecology of the species which is a minor facultative predator of egg pods and is of little significance in controlling plague locust populations. Melyrid larvae have not previously been recorded from egg‐pods.