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The biology of false wireworms and their adults (soil-inhabiting Tenebrionidae) (Coleoptera): a review

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

P. G. Allsopp
P. G. Allsopp
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Department of Primary Industries, P.O. Box 102, Toowoomba 4350, Australia
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Soil-dwelling tenebrionid larvae have developed in three evolutionary lines and are pests in all faunal regions. Description of and keys to most of the important species are available. However, revisional studies, on both adult and larval characters, are needed in many groups. The basic number of non-sex chromosomes appears to be 18, but the number and type of sex chromosomes are variable. Host ranges of both larvae and adults are usually extensive but usually only include plants. Development rates are related mainly to temperature, with life-cycles of one, two or three years. Larval development periods are rather long, and adults are long-lived. The number of instars is high, often above ten and frequently variable within a species. Sampling is best carried out by direct counts and pitfall trapping. In the species studied, mating follows a regular pattern and pheromones are involved. Species show definite temperature, moisture and soil-type preferences and these influence both spatial and temporal distribution. Recorded parasitoids include Diptera (mainly tachinids), Hymenoptera, mites, bacteria and fungi. Birds, carabids and a variety of other vertebrates are the main predators, but abdominal secretions and postural mechanisms provide some defence. Cultural control was formerly widely practised but has given way to chemical control.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 70 , Issue 3 , September 1980 , pp. 343 - 379
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1980

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