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Ecology, Distribution And Behaviour Of Rove Beetle, Paederus fuscipes Curtis (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) In Relation To Human Settings

Paederus fuscipes Curtis has garnered tremendous interesin recent years because it causes nasty skin lesion in humans in tropical countries. This study focuses on the biological and behavioural aspects, the interactions with human residential premises and the isolation of bacteria associated with P....

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Main Author: Sufian, Maryam
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2018
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QH1 Natural history (General - Including nature conservation, geographical distribution)
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spelling my.usm.eprints.43674 http://eprints.usm.my/43674/ Ecology, Distribution And Behaviour Of Rove Beetle, Paederus fuscipes Curtis (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) In Relation To Human Settings Sufian, Maryam QH1 Natural history (General - Including nature conservation, geographical distribution) Paederus fuscipes Curtis has garnered tremendous interesin recent years because it causes nasty skin lesion in humans in tropical countries. This study focuses on the biological and behavioural aspects, the interactions with human residential premises and the isolation of bacteria associated with P. fuscipes. In the study of predator-prey interaction, P. fuscipes showed a Type II functional response for all prey species. At the high prey density they consumed predominantly more on Recilia dorsalis Motschulsky. Among the prey species, R. dorsalis and Nilaparvata lugens Stål were commonly preferred by P. fuscipes as compared to Nephotettix virescens Distant due to their small and soft body characteristics. 2018-01 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/43674/1/MARYAM%20SUFIAN.pdf Sufian, Maryam (2018) Ecology, Distribution And Behaviour Of Rove Beetle, Paederus fuscipes Curtis (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) In Relation To Human Settings. PhD thesis, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
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Sufian, Maryam
Ecology, Distribution And Behaviour Of Rove Beetle, Paederus fuscipes Curtis (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) In Relation To Human Settings
description Paederus fuscipes Curtis has garnered tremendous interesin recent years because it causes nasty skin lesion in humans in tropical countries. This study focuses on the biological and behavioural aspects, the interactions with human residential premises and the isolation of bacteria associated with P. fuscipes. In the study of predator-prey interaction, P. fuscipes showed a Type II functional response for all prey species. At the high prey density they consumed predominantly more on Recilia dorsalis Motschulsky. Among the prey species, R. dorsalis and Nilaparvata lugens Stål were commonly preferred by P. fuscipes as compared to Nephotettix virescens Distant due to their small and soft body characteristics.
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author Sufian, Maryam
author_facet Sufian, Maryam
author_sort Sufian, Maryam
title Ecology, Distribution And Behaviour Of Rove Beetle, Paederus fuscipes Curtis (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) In Relation To Human Settings
title_short Ecology, Distribution And Behaviour Of Rove Beetle, Paederus fuscipes Curtis (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) In Relation To Human Settings
title_full Ecology, Distribution And Behaviour Of Rove Beetle, Paederus fuscipes Curtis (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) In Relation To Human Settings
title_fullStr Ecology, Distribution And Behaviour Of Rove Beetle, Paederus fuscipes Curtis (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) In Relation To Human Settings
title_full_unstemmed Ecology, Distribution And Behaviour Of Rove Beetle, Paederus fuscipes Curtis (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) In Relation To Human Settings
title_sort ecology, distribution and behaviour of rove beetle, paederus fuscipes curtis (coleoptera: staphylinidae) in relation to human settings
publishDate 2018
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