Desenvolvimento de Podisus nigrispinus (Dallas) (Heteroptera, Pentatomidae) com Zophobas confusa Gebien (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) comparado à duas outras presas alternativas Development of Podisus nigrispinus (Dallas) (Heteroptera, Pentatomidae) fed with Zophobas confusa Gebien (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) compared with two another alternative preys

Nymphs of Podisus nigrispinus (Dallas, 1851) were fed with Zophobas confusa Gebien, 1906, Tenebrio molitor Linnaeus, 1758 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) and Musca domestica Linnaeus, 1758 (Diptera, Muscidae) under 25±0.5ºC, 60±10% of RH and photophase of 12h. Nymphal viability of P. nigrispinus were 64.0%, 80.0% and 92.0% with Z. confusa, M. domestica and T. molitor, respectively. No differences were found for pre-oviposition period, number of egg masses, number of eggs, egg viability, and longevity for females of this predator fed with any of these preys.