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Impact of Aphis pomi-tending Formica rufa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) on biological parameters of Hippodamia variegata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 April 2024

Arshid Ahmad Mir ,
Sheikh Khursheed Open the ORCID record for Sheikh Khursheed [Opens in a new window] ,
Barkat Hussain ,
Bhagyashree Dhekale ,
GH Hassan Rather ,
Bilal A. Padder ,
Hamidullah Itoo ,
Zahoor Ahmad Bhat ,
Mohd Amin Mir  and
Rafiq A. Shah
Arshid Ahmad Mir
Affiliation:
Division of Entomology, Faculty of Horticulture, Shalimar, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Srinagar, 190025, India
Sheikh Khursheed*
Affiliation:
Ambri Apple Research Centre, Shopian, Faculty of Horticulture, Shalimar, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Srinagar, 192303, India
Barkat Hussain
Affiliation:
Division of Entomology, Faculty of Horticulture, Shalimar, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Srinagar, 190025, India
Bhagyashree Dhekale
Affiliation:
Division of Agricultural Statistics, Faculty of Horticulture, Shalimar, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Srinagar, 190025, India
GH Hassan Rather
Affiliation:
Ambri Apple Research Centre, Shopian, Faculty of Horticulture, Shalimar, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Srinagar, 192303, India
Bilal A. Padder
Affiliation:
Division of Pathology, Faculty of Horticulture, Shalimar, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Srinagar, 190025, India
Hamidullah Itoo
Affiliation:
Ambri Apple Research Centre, Shopian, Faculty of Horticulture, Shalimar, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Srinagar, 192303, India
Zahoor Ahmad Bhat
Affiliation:
Ambri Apple Research Centre, Shopian, Faculty of Horticulture, Shalimar, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Srinagar, 192303, India
Mohd Amin Mir
Affiliation:
Ambri Apple Research Centre, Shopian, Faculty of Horticulture, Shalimar, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Srinagar, 192303, India
Rafiq A. Shah
Affiliation:
Ambri Apple Research Centre, Shopian, Faculty of Horticulture, Shalimar, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Srinagar, 192303, India
*
Corresponding author: Sheikh Khursheed; Email: sheikhento@gmail.com
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Abstract

One of the key reasons for the poor performance of natural enemies of honeydew-producing insect pests is mutualism between ants and some aphid species. The findings demonstrated that red wood ant, Formica rufa Linnaeus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) had a deleterious impact on different biological parameters of the lady beetle, Hippodamia variegata Goeze (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). H. variegata laid far fewer eggs in ant-tended aphid colonies, laying nearly 2.5 times more eggs in ant absence. Ants antennated and bit the lady beetle eggs, resulting in significantly low egg hatching of 66 per cent over 85 per cent in ant absent treatments. The presence of ants significantly reduced the development of all larval instars. The highest reduction was found in the fourth larval instar (31.33% reduction), and the lowest in the first larval instar (20% reduction). Later larval instars were more aggressively attacked by ants than earlier instars. The first and second larval instars stopped their feeding and movement in response to ant aggression. The third and fourth larval instars modified their mobility, resulting in increased ant aggression towards them. Adult lady beetles were shown to be more vulnerable to ant attacks than larvae. However, H. variegata adults demonstrated counterattacks in the form of diverse defensive reaction behaviours in response to F. rufa aggression.

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Aphis pomibiologyFormica rufaHippodamia variegatainteractionsurvival
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , First View , pp. 1 - 9
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