title: Side effects of five new acaricides on the predator Galendromus occidentalis (Acari, Phytoseiidae).
abstract: Contact and residual effects of etoxazole, spiromesifen, fenpyroximate, bifenazate, and acequinocyl on life parameters of Galendromus occidentalis (Nesbitt) were studied under laboratory conditions. Fenpyroximate reduced adult female longevity to <24 h, and no eggs were laid. Longevity of spiromesifen- and acequinocyl-treated adult females was reduced to 4 days, with observed reductions in fecundity and fertility. Etoxazole and bifenazate did not reduce adult female longevity, but progeny were not produced.
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA. fjsaenzdecabezon@ucdavis.edu
authors.forename: F Javier Sáenz-de-Cabezón
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Irigaray
authors.forename: Frank G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Zalom
mesh_terms: D000053:Acari / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility / Q000187:drug effects; D007306:Insecticides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008136:Longevity / Q000187:drug effects; D010058:Oviposition / Q000187:drug effects; D011235:Predatory Behavior
chemical_list: D007306:Insecticides