Biology of Iphiseiodes zuluagai Denmark & Muma (Acari: Phytoseiidae)Iphiseiodes zuluagai Denmark & Muma (Acari: Phytoseiidae) is a predaceous mite commonly found on citrus plants (Citrus spp.) in Brazil. With castor bean (Ricinus communis) pollen as food and 25 ± 2 °C, 70 ± 10% RH and 14 hours of photophase, most of the eggs hatched after ca.12 to 24 hours. The larval and protonymph stage duration was ca. 24 hours each, and ca. 48 hours for deutonymph. The life cycle from egg to adult lasted 5-6 days. The intrinsic rate of increase (r m) was 0.122 females/ female/ day, the mean generation time (T) 18.7 days, the net reproductive rate (Ro) 9.82 females/ female and, the finite rate of increase (1) 1.13.
Acari; predaceous mite; natural enemy; biological control; citrus; Citrus sinensis
