Temperature and development of central European species of Amara (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

Title:

Temperature and development of central European species of Amara (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

Creator:

Saska, Pavel and Honěk, Alois

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:9273560a-c88d-4a1e-9f79-301378dafc6d
uuid:9273560a-c88d-4a1e-9f79-301378dafc6d

Subject:

Amara aenea, A. familiaris, A. similata, A. ovata, A. littorea, A. eurynota, A. fulvipes, A. chaudoiri incognita, A. equestris, thermal constants, lower development threshold, sum of effective temperatures, and rate isomorphy

Type:

article, model:article, and TEXT

Description:

Development rates of the eggs of 9 species, larvae of 6 species and pupae of 6 species of the genus Amara (Coleoptera: Carabidae) were recorded at five constant temperatures between 17 and 28°C, and thermal constants for each development stage calculated. The lower development threshold varied between 9.2-13.5°C for different stages and species. Rate isomorphy, which implies the existence of a common temperature threshold for all development stages, was demonstrated in 5 species. The sum of effective temperatures differed between stages. On average the egg stage took 18%, the first larval instar 13%, second instar 13%, third instar 35% and pupa 21% of the total development time. A poor diet increased the SET of the larvae. The results are compared with published data on Carabidae.

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
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Source:

European Journal of Entomology | 2003 Volume:100 | Number:4

Harvested from:

CDK

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