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6 July 2022 Non-consumptive effects of intraguild predator Blattisocius dentriticus (Berlese) on the development and prey consumption of Neoseiulus cucumeris (Oudemans)
Xinyao Gu, Keshi Zhang, Zhi-Qiang Zhang
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Abstract

Predator-prey interactions are fundamental to the understanding of ecological communities. The non-consumptive effects of predators on the food web can be more prominent than direct killing. However, the non-consumptive effects in intraguild interaction have rarely been studied. This study determined the non-consumptive effects of an intraguild predator Blattisocius dentriticus on Neoseiulus cucumeris. The responses of N. cucumeris to the predation risk of B. dentriticus adult females were examined in a laboratory test. The developmental response of N. cucumeris to predation risk was sex-specific: the presence of B. dentriticus cues prolonged the immature development of N. cucumeris males and increased their consumption rates of Tyrophagus putrescentiae eggs, but did not affect the development and prey consumption of female N. cucumeris. The size at maturity of N. cucumeris was not affected by predation risk from B. dentriticus. This study demonstrated that intraguild predators can have substantial non-consumptive influence on intraguild prey.

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Xinyao Gu, Keshi Zhang, and Zhi-Qiang Zhang "Non-consumptive effects of intraguild predator Blattisocius dentriticus (Berlese) on the development and prey consumption of Neoseiulus cucumeris (Oudemans)," Systematic and Applied Acarology 27(7), 1475-1482, (6 July 2022). https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.27.7.12
Received: 23 May 2022; Accepted: 14 June 2022; Published: 6 July 2022
KEYWORDS
Blattisocius dentriticus
indirect effect
intraguild predation
Neoseiulus cucumeris
non-consumptive effect
Tyrophagus putrescentiae
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