Seven decades of studies with Asopinae predators in Brazil (1933●-○2014)

Authors

  • Evaldo Martins Pires Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso
  • Marcus Alvarenga Soares Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri
  • Roberta Martins Nogueira Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso
  • José Cola Zanuncio Universidade Federal de Viçosa
  • Paulo Sergio Andrade Moreira Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso
  • Marco Antonio de Oliveira Universidade Federal de Viçosa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14393/BJ-v31n5a2015-27335

Keywords:

Biology. Biochemistry. Mass rearing. Ecology. Taxonomy. Toxicology.

Abstract

Studies of Asopinae predators in Brazil were initiated in the 1930's, focusing on the use of these insects in biological control programs. However, the beginning of a period of major contributions to the knowledge on Asopinae predators started in the year 1986, with the release of the first research results, in the Proceedings of the X Brazilian Congress of Entomology in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil. In 1991 the first scientific paper was published on the predator Podisus connexivus Bergroth [= Podisus nigrispinus (Dallas)] (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), with study of the biological parameters of this predator for alternative feeding of the caterpillars Bombyx mori Linnaeus (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae) and larvae Musca domestica (Linnaeus) (Diptera: Muscidae). The first master thesis studying Asopinae predators in Brazil was defended in 1990 at the Federal University of Lavras, which focused was on biology and predatory capacity of Podisus nigrolimbatus [= Brontocoris nigrolimbatus = Brontocoris tabidus] and Podisus connexivus [= Podisus nigrispinus] in the laboratory. Throughout all these years of research and investigations, advances with Asopinae predators occurred in several fields that resulted in a better understanding of these insects, making them an effective tool for controlling insect pests in the agriculture and forestry sectors.

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Published

2015-09-10

How to Cite

PIRES, E.M., SOARES, M.A., NOGUEIRA, R.M., ZANUNCIO, J.C., MOREIRA, P.S.A. and OLIVEIRA, M.A. de, 2015. Seven decades of studies with Asopinae predators in Brazil (1933●-â—‹2014) . Bioscience Journal [online], vol. 31, no. 5, pp. 1530–1549. [Accessed23 December 2024]. DOI 10.14393/BJ-v31n5a2015-27335. Available from: https://seer.ufu.br/index.php/biosciencejournal/article/view/27335.

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Biological Sciences