Saavedra, J.L.D., Zanuncio, J.C., Zanuncio, T.V. and Guedes, R.N.C. (1997) Prey capture ability of Podisus
nigrispinus(Dallas) (Het., Pentatomidae) reared for successive generations on a meridic diet. Journal
of Applied Entomology121, 327–330.
Shapiro, J.P., Wasserman, H.A., Greany, P.D. and Nation, J.L. (2000) Vitellin and vitellogenin in the soldier
bug, Podisus maculiventris: identification with monoclonal antibodies and reproductive response to
diet. Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology44, 130–135.
Shipp, J.L., Wang, K. and Ferguson, G. (1998) Evaluation of commercially produced Trichogrammaspp.
(Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) for control of tomato pinworm, Keiferia lycopersicella
(Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), on greenhouse tomatoes. Canadian Entomologist130, 721–731.
Silva, I.M.M.S. (1999) Identification and Evaluation of Trichogramma Parasitoids for Biological Pest Control.
Wageningen University, Wageningen, 151 pp.
Smirnoff, W.A. (1958) An artificial diet for rearing coccinellid beetles. Canadian Entomologist90, 563–565.
Sorati, M., Newman, M. and Hoffmann, A.A. (1996) Inbreeding and incompatibility in Trichogrammanr.
brassicae: evidence and implications for quality control. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata78,
283–290.
Stouthamer, R. (1990) Effectiveness of several antibiotics in reverting thelytoky to arrhenotoky in
Trichogrammaspp. In: Wajnberg, E. and Vinson, S.B. (eds) Trichogrammaand Other Egg Parasitoids.
INRA 56, Paris, pp. 119–122.
Stouthamer, R., Breeuwer, J.A.J. and Hurst, G.D.D. (1999) Wolbachia pipientis: microbial manipulator of
arthropod reproduction. Annual Review of Microbiology53, 71–102.
Thompson, S.N. (1999) Nutrition and culture of entomophagous insects. Annual Review of Entomology44,
561–592.
Thompson, S.N. and Hagen, K.S. (1999) Nutrition of entomophagous insects and other arthropods. In:
Bellows, T.S. and Fisher, T.W. (eds) Handbook of Biological Control: Principles and Applications.
Academic Press, San Diego, California, pp. 59–652.
Thompson, S.N. and Johnson, J.A. (1978) Further studies on lipid metabolism in the insect parasite,
Exeristes roborator(Fabricius). Journal of Parasitology64, 731–740.
Vanderzant, E.S. (1969) An artificial diet for larvae and adults of Chrysopa carnea, an insect predator of
crop pests. Journal of Economic Entomology62, 25–257.
van Lenteren, J.C. (1999) Fundamental knowledge about insect reproduction: essential to develop sus-
tainable pest management. Invertebrate Reproduction and Development 36, 1–15.
van Lenteren, J.C. (2000) Measures of success in biological control of arthropods by augmentation of nat-
ural enemies. In: Gurr, G.M. and Wratten, S.D. (eds) Measures of Success in Biological Control. Kluwer
Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, pp. 77–103.
Werren, J.H. (1997) Biology of Wolbachia. Annual Review of Entomology42, 587–609.
Williams, D.W. and Leppla, N.C. (1992) The future of augmentation of beneficial arthropods. In:
Kauffman, W.C. and Nechols, J.E. (eds) Selection Criteria and Ecological Consequences of Importing
Natural Enemies. Entomological Society of America, Thomas Say Publications, Lanham, Maryland,
pp. 87–102.
Wittmeyer, J.L. and Coudron, T.A. (2001) Life table parameters, reproductive rate, intrinsic rate of
increase and realized cost of rearing Podisus maculiventris(Say) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) on an
artificial diet. Journal of Economic Entomology94, 1344–1352.
Wittmeyer, J.L., Coudron, T.A. and Adams, T.S. (2001) Ovarian development, fertility and fecundity in
Podisus maculiventrisSay (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae): an analysis of the impact of nymphal, adult,
male and female nutritional source on reproduction. Invertebrate Reproduction and Development39,
9–20.
Yazgan, S. (1972) A chemically defined synthetic diet and larval nutritional requirements of the endopar-
asitoid Itoplectis conquisitor(Hymenoptera). Journal of Insect Physiology18, 2123–2141.
Zanuncio, J.C., Saavedra, J.L.D., Oliveira, H.N., Degheele, D. and De Clercq, P. (1996) Development of the
predatory stinkbug Brontocoris tabidus(Signoret) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) on different propor-
tions of an artificial diet and pupae of Tenebrio molitorL. (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Biocontrol
Science and Technology6, 619–625.
Quality of Artificially Reared Biocontrol Agents 131