Claim · #6494917
Paragus serratus · biocontrol · Aphis craccivora
biocontrol · effect: beneficial
preysOn GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Paragus serratus ... Aphis craccivora”
- Authors
- Bhagyasree S.N., Anokhe Archana, Shashank P.R., Patel C.H.
- Year
- 2022
- Publication
- Insect Predators in Pest Management (CRC Press / Taylor & Francis)
- Page
- 230
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Paragus species are documented aphid predators in Indian legume systems; predation on cowpea aphid fits the genus's known ecology.”
- entomologist · plausible
“P. serratus predating A. craccivora is a recorded syrphid-prey link in Indian entomofauna surveys.”
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