The Reduviid predator, Amphibolus venator Klug (Reduviidae: Hemiptera) was reared on larvae of Plodia interpunctella Hb., Tribolium confusum Duv., Trogoderma granarium Everts, Lasioderma serricorni Fab and Rhizopertha dominica F. under optimum laboratory conditions of 27 ± 1 C and 60 ± 5% . | Annals of Agricultural Science 2015 60 1 47 51 H O S T E D BY Faculty of Agriculture Ain Shams University Annals of Agricultural Science locate aoas Effect of some stored insect pest species on biological aspects of the predator Amphibolus venator Klug Hemiptera Reduviidae Atef A. Abd-Elgayed Narmen A. Youssef Plant Protection Department Faculty of Agriculture Fayoum University Egypt Received 3 December 2014 accepted 29 January 2015 Available online 18 March 2015 KEYWORDS Abstract The Reduviid predator Amphibolus venator Klug Reduviidae Hemiptera was reared Biological parameters on larvae of Plodia interpunctella Hb. Tribolium confusum Duv. Trogoderma granarium Everts Amphibolus venator predator Lasioderma serricorni Fab and Rhizopertha dominica F. under optimum laboratory conditions of Stored insect pests 27 1 C and 60 5 . The most preferable host was found to be R. dominica and L. serricorni larvae followed by T. confusum and P. interpunctella while the larvae of T. granarium appeared to be unsuitable host for this predator. ª 2015 Production and hosting by Elsevier . on behalf of Faculty of Agriculture Ain Shams University. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license http licenses by-nc-nd . Introduction pests. According to Hussain and Aslam 1970 this predator was found all the year round with a peak during Biological control of stored grains insect pests and their prod- April September and the total development period from ovi- ucts is a safe method and does not damage human health or position to adult emergence was found to vary from 14 to environment. Several species of predatory bugs have been 165 days. Generally few available reviews were recorded studied as biological control agents such as Amphibolus venator about this predator. Therefore the present study was made Klug Peregrinator biannulipes Montrouzier and Signoret to evaluate its host preference on different stored product Joppeicus .
