| distribution of zelus longipes (hemiptera: reduviidae) in south florida corn fields and its functional response to corn-infesting picture-winged flies (diptera: ulidiidae). | the milkweed assassin bug, zelus longipes (l.) (hemiptera: reduviidae), is a generalist predator and a potential biological control agent of picture-winged flies (diptera: ulidiidae), which cause considerable economic damage to sweet corn yields in florida. we studied the potential of z. longipes as a biocontrol agent of four ulidiid pests in corn fields: euxesta stigmatias loew, euxesta eluta loew, euxesta annonae f., and chaetopsis massyla walker. within-plant and within-field distributions of ... | 2014 | 25203811 |
| the architecture of the anterior appendage in the egg of the assassin bug, zelus longipes (hemiptera: reduviidae). | the eggshell of zelus longipes, a hemiptera species of the family reduviidae (assassin bugs), has been studied using scanning electron microscopy (sem). the emphasis was on the architecture of an anterior appendage connected to the main eggshell of both ovarian and deposited eggs. the analysis of eggs fractured at various angles and levels reveals a relatively complex organization of this appendage. there is a cylindrical outer layer, the veil, of roughly the same diameter as, and continuous wit ... | 2000 | 18088938 |