Effects of Climatic Change on the Potential Distribution of Species (Diptera: Sciaridae) of Economic Importance.

species (Sciaridae) are responsible for significant economic losses in greenhouse production (e.g., mushrooms, strawberries, and nurseries).

Effects of thermal shock on the survival and reproduction of Stratiolaelaps scimitus (Mesostigmata: Laelapidae).

The responses of arthropods to thermal stress are vital in ecological studies in order to understand survival, development, and reproduction. However, this subject is poorly addressed. In the order Mesostigmata, an abundance of species lives in the soil.

Compatibility of pesticides used in strawberry crops with predatory mites Stratiolaelaps scimitus (Womersley) and Cosmolaelaps brevistilis (Karg).

Stratiolaelaps scimitus (Womersley) and Cosmolaelaps brevistilis (Karg) (Acari: Laelapidae) are predatory mites of soil-inhabiting pests, mainly small insects. Fungus gnats fly species are found in greenhouse strawberry production and may be controlled with predatory mites, being important to know their compatibility with the pesticides used in strawberry crops. In this study, the compatibility of seven commercial pesticides used in strawberry cultivation with the predatory mites S.

Thermal requirements of Ophyra albuquerquei Lopes, 1985 (Diptera, Muscidae).

This study determines the development rates of the immature stages of the fly Ophyra albuquerquei Lopes, 1985. In this study, with 70% relative humidity and a 12-h photophase, eggs, larvae, and pupae were kept in a biochemical oxygen demand chamber at temperatures of 10, 15, 17, 20, 22, 25, 27, 30, 33, 35, and 40°C. While the rearing temperature increases, the development time for each immature stage of O.