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Feeding preferences and functional responses of Calathus granatensis and Pterostichus globosus (Coleoptera: Carabidae) on pupae of Bactrocera oleae (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 April 2016

A.M. Dinis ,
J.A. Pereira ,
J. Benhadi-Marín  and
S.A.P. Santos
A.M. Dinis
Affiliation:
Mountain Research Center, CIMO, School of Agriculture, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Campus de Santa Apolónia, 5300-253 Bragança, Portugal
J.A. Pereira
Affiliation:
Mountain Research Center, CIMO, School of Agriculture, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Campus de Santa Apolónia, 5300-253 Bragança, Portugal
J. Benhadi-Marín
Affiliation:
Mountain Research Center, CIMO, School of Agriculture, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Campus de Santa Apolónia, 5300-253 Bragança, Portugal Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, 3004-517 Coimbra, Portugal
S.A.P. Santos*
Affiliation:
Mountain Research Center, CIMO, School of Agriculture, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Campus de Santa Apolónia, 5300-253 Bragança, Portugal
*
*Author for correspondence Telephone: +351273303277 Fax: +351273325405 E-mail: saps@ipb.pt
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Abstract

Carabid beetles are important predators in agricultural landscapes feeding on a range of prey items. However, their role as predators of the olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae (Rossi) (Diptera: Tephritidae), one of the most serious pests of olives, is unknown. In this context, the feeding preferences and the functional responses of two carabid beetle species, Calathus granatensis (Vuillefroy) and Pterostichus globosus (Fabricius), were studied under laboratory conditions. Feeding preference assays involved exposing carabid beetles to different ratios of B. oleae pupae and an alternative prey, the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann). Both species fed on B. oleae pupae however, C. granatensis always showed a significant preference for that prey whereas P. globosus switched to C. capitata pupae when the offered ratio was below 0.5. The total prey biomass consumed was significantly higher for P. globosus than for C. granatensis. Functional response curves were estimated based on different densities of B. oleae pupae and both carabid beetle species exhibited a type II functional response using Rogers’ random-predator equation. P. globosus showed shorter handling time (1.223 ± 0.118 h) on B. oleae pupae than C. granatensis (3.230 ± 0.627 h). Our results suggest that both species can be important in reducing the densities of B. oleae in olive groves, although P. globosus was more efficient than C. granatensis.

Keywords

Calathus granatensisPterostichus globosusconsumptionbiomasspestpredator
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 106 , Issue 6 , December 2016 , pp. 701 - 709
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