Liposcelis bostrychophila
Liposcelis bostrychophila is a species of booklouse in the family Liposcelididae. It is known nearly worldwide as a common pest of stored products. It is especially prevalent in cereals.[1] It has been recently (2019) identified as a predator of mosquito eggs in a mosquito mass production facility.[2]
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This insect is about a millimeter long, brown in color, and wingless.[3]
Females of this species often undergo parthenogenesis. A male specimen was not noted until 2002. A few years later, a sexually reproducing strain was found.[4]
References
- Lord, J. C., & Howard, R. W. (2004). A proposed role for the cuticular fatty amides of Liposcelis bostrychophila (Psocoptera: Liposcelidae) in preventing adhesion of entomopathogenic fungi with dry-conidia. Mycopathologia, 158(2), 211-217.
- Yamada, Hanano; Kraupa, Carina; Lienhard, Charles; Parker, Andrew Gordon; Maiga, Hamidou; de Oliveira Carvalho, Danilo; Zheng, Minlin; Wallner, Thomas; Bouyer, Jeremy (2019). "Mosquito mass rearing: who's eating the eggs?". Parasite. 26: 75. doi:10.1051/parasite/2019075. ISSN 1776-1042.
- Liu, Z. L., et al. (2012). Identification of insecticidal constituents of the essential oil of Curcuma wenyujin rhizomes active against Liposcelis bostrychophila Badonnel. Molecules, 17(10), 12049-60.
- Yang, Q., et al. (2015). Morphological and molecular characterization of a sexually reproducing colony of the booklouse Liposcelis bostrychophila (Psocodea: Liposcelididae) found in Arizona. Scientific Reports, 5. Article number: 10429.
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