Functional response of Xylocoris falvipes, a biological control agent of the flour beetle Tribolium castaneum

Fatime Ardjoune, Adji;Ngamo Tinkeu, Léonard Simon;Ngatanko, Iliassa;Ngassoum, Martin Benoit;Hance, Thierry
(2008) Cameroon Journal of Experimental Biology — Vol. 4, n° 1, p. 39-42 (2008)

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  • Fatime Ardjoune, AdjiDepartment of Food Sciences, University of Ngaoundéré; PO BOX 454 Ngaoundéré (Cameroon)
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  • Ngamo Tinkeu, Léonard SimonDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Ngaoundéré; PO BOX 454 Ngaoundéré (Cameroon)
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  • Ngatanko, IliassaDepartment of Food Sciences, University of Ngaoundéré; PO BOX 454 Ngaoundéré (Cameroon)
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  • Ngassoum, Martin BenoitDepartment of Applied Chemistry, University of Ngaoundéré; PO BOX 455 Ngaoundéré (Cameroon)
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  • Hance, ThierryUCLouvain
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Abstract
The warehouse pirate bug Xylocoris flavipes is an opportunist predator of many stored product insect pests. Its functional response in relationship with variable densities of prey appears as the Holling’s type II model. The predator X. flavipes, collected within small holder granaries in Mayo Danay division in the far North province of Cameroon, feeds on Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) and could perform a good biological control of this pest.
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Fatime Ardjoune, A., Ngamo Tinkeu, L. S., Ngatanko, I., Ngassoum, M. B., & Hance, T. (2008). Functional response of Xylocoris falvipes, a biological control agent of the flour beetle Tribolium castaneum. Cameroon Journal of Experimental Biology, 4(1), 39-42. https://doi.org/10.4314/cajeb.v4i1.37973 (Original work published 2008)