Entomopathogenic fungi against the red palm weevil: Lab and field evidence

R Sabbahi, V Hock - Crop Protection, 2024 - Elsevier
Palms are threatened by a major pest, the red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus
(Olivier)(Coleoptera: Curculionidae). The damage caused by its infestation is costly, often …

Current Status of Biology–Biotechnic, Agronomic, and Biological Control of Rhynchophorus ferrugineus: A Review

W Wakil, MC Boukouvala, NG Kavallieratos, CS Filintas… - Insects, 2024 - mdpi.com
Abstract Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier)(Coleoptera: Curculionidae), the red palm
weevil (RPW), is a concealed voracious pest of different ornamental and economically …

Distribution and abundance of phoretic mites (Astigmata, Mesostigmata) on Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

MA Al-Deeb, SB Muzaffar, AM Abuagla, EM Sharif - Florida Entomologist, 2011 - BioOne
abstract The red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Olivier, is the most important
insect pest on date palms. Weevils were collected from randomly selected infested date …

Interactions between microorganisms associated with red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus, in Tunisia

A Loulou, A Fakhraoui, B M'rabet-Samaali… - Euro-Mediterranean …, 2023 - Springer
The aims of this study were to determine the microorganisms associated with
Rhynchophorus ferrugineus and to define the different interactions created between them …

Mites (Acari) associated with Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Malaysia, with a revised list of the mites found on this weevil

M Dilipkumar, A Ahadiyat, P Mašán… - Journal of Asia-Pacific …, 2015 - Elsevier
There is a great deal of diversity among phoretic association particularly in mesostigmatic
mites that exploited insect host to complete their dispersal strategy. Similarly, the red palm …

Phoretic invertebrates associated with Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Canarian date palm from southern Spain

J Abolafia, AN Ruiz-Cuenca - Journal of Natural History, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Two species of nematodes (Mononchoides macrospiculum and Teratorhabditis
synpapillata) and one species of mites (Trichouropoda sp.) are found associated with adult …

Phoretic mite infestations associated with Rhynchophorus palmarum (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in southern California

F Gómez-Marco, H Klompen, MS Hoddle - Systematic and Applied …, 2021 - BioOne
Abstract The South American palm weevil, Rhynchophorus palmarum (Coleoptera:
Curculionidae), established in San Diego County, California, USA sometime around 2014 …

Occurrence of Centrouropoda almerodai and Uroobovella marginata (Acari: Uropodina) phoretic on the red palm weevil in Malta

F Porcelli, E Ragusa, AM D'onghia, S Mizzi, D Mifsud - 2009 - um.edu.mt
The unwanted introduction of the Red Palm Weevil (RPW) coincides with the spread in
Malta of two species of Uropodid mites associated with this weevil. Usually, adult RPW carry …

Phoretic relationships between uropodid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) and centipedes (Chilopoda) in urban agglomeration areas

A Napierała, Z Książkiewicz… - … Journal of Acarology, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The current study concerns phoresy in uropodid mites on centipedes. Research was
conducted for eight months (April–November 2006) in three habitat types, each exposed to …

The enemy of my parasite is my friend: the possible role of predatory mites as biological control agents of pest beetles in soil

B Halliday - International Journal of Acarology, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Some authors have suggested that mites in the family Laelapidae could be used as
biological control agents of plant-feeding Scarabaeidae, by acting as predators or parasites …