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De Clercq, P., G. Keppens, G. Anthonis & D. Degheele (1988). Laboratory rearing of the predatory stinkbug Podisus sagitta (Fab.) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Mededelingen Faculteit Landbouwwetenschappen Rijksuniversiteit Gent, 53, 1213-1217.

De Clercq, P. & D. Degheele (1990). Description and life history of the predatory bug Podisus sagitta (Fab.) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Canadian Entomologist, 122, 1149-1156.

De Clercq, P. & D. Degheele (1990). Effects of temperature and relative humidity on the reproduction of the predatory bug Podisus sagitta (Fab.) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Mededelingen Faculteit Landbouwwetenschappen Rijksuniversiteit Gent, 55, 439-443.

De Clercq, P. & D. Degheele (1992). A meat-based diet for rearing the predatory stinkbugs Podisus maculiventris and Podisus sagitta (Het.: Pentatomidae). Entomophaga, 37, 149-157.

De Clercq, P. & D. Degheele (1992). Development and survival of Podisus maculiventris (Say) and Podisus sagitta (Fab.) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) at various constant temperatures. Canadian Entomologist, 124, 125-133.

De Clercq, P. & D. Degheele (1992). Influence of feeding interval on reproduction and longevity of Podisus sagitta (Het.: Pentatomidae). Entomophaga, 37, 583-590.

De Clercq, P. & D. Degheele (1993). Cold storage of the predatory bugs Podisus maculiventris (Say) and Podisus sagitta (Fabricius) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Parasitica, 49, 27-41.

De Clercq, P. & D. Degheele (1993). Quality assessment of the predatory bugs Podisus maculiventris (Say) and Podisus sagitta (Fab.) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) after prolonged rearing on a meat-based artificial diet. Biocontrol Science and Technology, 3, 133-139.

De Clercq, P. & D. Degheele (1993). Quality of predatory bugs of the genus Podisus (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) reared on natural and artificial diets. Proceedings of the 7th Workshop of the IOBC Global Working Group 'Quality Control of Mass Reared Arthropods', Rimini, 13-16 September 1993, 129-142.

De Clercq, P. & D. Degheele (1994). Laboratory measurement of predation by Podisus maculiventris and P. sagitta (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) on beet armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Journal of Economic Entomology, 87, 76-83.

De Clercq, P., A. De Cock, L. Tirry, E. Vinuela & D. Degheele (1995). Toxicity of diflubenzuron and pyriproxyfen to the predatory bug Podisus maculiventris. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 74, 17-22.

De Clercq, P., E. Vinuela, G. Smagghe & D. Degheele (1995). Transport and kinetics of diflubenzuron and pyriproxyfen in the beet armyworm Spodoptera exigua, and its predator Podisus maculiventris. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 76, 189-194.

De Clercq, P. & D. Degheele (1995). Podisus nigrispinus (Dallas) and Podisus sagitta (Fabricius) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae): correction of a misidentification. Canadian Entomologist, 127, 265-266.

Saavedra, J.L.D., J.C. Zanuncio, E.F. Vilela, C.S. Sediyama & P. De Clercq (1995). Development of Podisus nigrispinus (Dallas) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) on meat-based artificial diets. Mededelingen Faculteit Landbouwkundige en Toegepaste Biologische Wetenschappen Universiteit Gent, 60, 683-688.

De Cock, A., P. De Clercq, L. Tirry & D. Degheele (1996). Toxicity of diafenthiuron and imidacloprid to the predatory bug Podisus maculiventris (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Environmental Entomology, 25, 476-480.

Mestdagh, I., P. De Clercq & D. Degheele (1996). Susceptibility of the predatory bug Podisus maculiventris (Say) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) to pyriproxyfen residues on sweet pepper plants. Parasitica, 52, 153-161.

Mohaghegh-Neyshabouri, J., P. De Clercq & D. Degheele (1996). Influence of female body weight on reproduction in laboratory-reared Podisus nigrispinus and Podisus maculiventris (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Mededelingen Faculteit Landbouwkundige en Toegepaste Biologische Wetenschappen Universiteit Gent, 61, 693-696.

Saavedra, J.L.D., J.C. Zanuncio, R.N.C. Guedes & P. De Clercq (1996). Continuous rearing of Podisus nigrispinus (Dallas) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) on an artificial diet. Mededelingen Faculteit Landbouwkundige en Toegepaste Biologische Wetenschappen Universiteit Gent, 61, 767-772.

Vacante, V., G. Cocuzza, C. Pucci & P. De Clercq (1996). Note su Podisus maculiventris (Say) e P. nigrispinus (Dallas) (Heteroptera, Pentatomidae). Informatore Fitopatologico, 46(6), 11-16.

Zanuncio, J.C., J.L.D. Saavedra, H.N. Oliveira, D. Degheele & P. De Clercq (1996). Development of the predatory stinkbug Brontocoris tabidus (Signoret) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) on different proportions of an artificial diet and pupae of Tenebrio molitor L. (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Biocontrol Science & Technology, 6, 619-625.

De Clercq, P. & D. Degheele (1997). Effects of mating status on body weight, oviposition, egg load, and predation in the predatory stinkbug Podisus maculiventris (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 90, 121-127.

Zanuncio, J. C., J. B. Torres, D. L. Bernardo & P. De Clercq (1997). Effects of prey switching on nymphal development of four species of predatory stinkbugs. Mededelingen Faculteit Landbouwkundige en Toegepaste Biologische Wetenschappen Universiteit Gent, 62, 483-490.

De Clercq, P., F. Merlevede, I. Mestdagh, K. Vandendurpel, J. Mohaghegh & D. Degheele (1998). Predation on the tomato looper Chrysodeixis chalcites (Esper) (Lep., Noctuidae) by Podisus maculiventris (Say) and Podisus nigrispinus (Dallas) (Het., Pentatomidae). Journal of Applied Entomology, 122, 93-98.

De Clercq, P., F. Merlevede & L. Tirry (1998). Unnatural prey and artificial diets for rearing Podisus maculiventris (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Biological Control, 12, 137-142.

De Clercq, P., I. Mestdagh & D. Degheele (1998). Variation in susceptibility to pyriproxyfen in four laboratory strains of Podisus maculiventris (Say) (Het.: Pentatomidae). Journal of Applied Entomology, 122, 405-408.

De Clercq, P., M. Vandewalle & L. Tirry (1998). Impact of inbreeding on performance of the predator Podisus maculiventris. BioControl, 43, 299-310.

Mohaghegh, J., P. De Clercq & L. Tirry (1998). Effects of maternal age and egg weight on developmental time and body weight of offspring in Podisus maculiventris (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 91, 315-322.

Mohaghegh, J., P. De Clercq & L. Tirry (1998). Maternal age and egg weight affect offspring performance in the predatory stink bug Podisus nigrispinus. BioControl, 43, 163-174.

Mohaghegh, J., P. De Clercq & L. Tirry (1999). Effects of rearing history and geographical origin on reproduction and body size of the predator Podisus nigrispinus (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). European Journal of Entomology, 96, 69-72.

Torres, J.B., P. De Clercq & R. Barros (1999). Effect of spinosad on the predator Podisus nigrispinus and its lepidopterous prey. Mededelingen Faculteit Landbouwkundige en Toegepaste Biologische Wetenschappen Universiteit Gent, 64/3a, 211-218.

Chocorosqui V.R. & P. De Clercq (1999). Developmental and predatory performance of Podisus maculiventris (Say) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) reared on a meat-based artificial diet. Mededelingen Faculteit Landbouwkundige en Toegepaste Biologische Wetenschappen Universiteit Gent, 64/3a, 229-234.

Mohaghegh, J., P. De Clercq & L. Tirry (2000). Toxicity of selected insecticides tot the spined soldier bug, Podisus maculiventris (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). BioControl Science and Technology, 10, 33-40.

De Clercq, P., J. Mohaghegh & L. Tirry (2000). Effect of host plant on the functional response of the predator Podisus nigrispinus (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Biological Control, 18, 65-70.

De Clercq, P. (2000). Predaceous stinkbugs (Pentatomidae: Asopinae). In: C.W. Schaefer & A.R. Panizzi (Eds.), Heteroptera of economic importance. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 737-789.

Mohaghegh, J., P. De Clercq & L. Tirry (2001). Functional response of the predators Podisus maculiventris (Say) and Podisus nigrispinus (Dallas) (Het., Pentatomidae) to the beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua (Hübner) (Lep., Noctuidae): effect of temperature. Journal of Applied Entomology, 125, 131-134.

De Clercq, P. (2002). Dark clouds and their silver linings: Exotic generalist predators in augmentative biological control. Neotropical Entomology, 31(2), 169-176.

De Clercq, P., K. Wyckhuys, H.N. De Oliveira & J. Klapwijk (2002). Predation by Podisus maculiventris on different life stages of Nezara viridula. Florida Entomologist, 85, 197-202.

De Clercq, P., I. Peeters, G. Vergauwe & O. Thas (2003). Interaction between Podisus maculiventris and Harmonia axyridis, two predators used in augmentative biological control in greenhouse crops. BioControl, 48, 39-55.

Oliveira, H. N., P. De Clercq, J. C. Zanuncio, D. Pratissoli & E. P. Pedruzzi (2004). Nymphal development and feeding preference of Podisus maculiventris (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) on eggs of Ephestia kuehniella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) parasitised or not by Trichogramma brassicae (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae). Brazilian Journal of Biology, 64, 459-463.

Vandekerkhove, B. & P. De Clercq (2004). Effects of an encapsulated formulation of lambda-cyhalothrin on Nezara viridula and its predator Podisus maculiventris (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Florida Entomologist, 87, 112-118.

Mahdian, K., L. Tirry & P. De Clercq (2005). Development and predation of Picromerus bidens (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) on Spodoptera littoralis (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) at different constant temperatures. Proceedings 11th Symposium on Applied Biological Sciences. Communications in Agricultural and Applied Biological Sciences, Ghent University, 70(2), 173-176.

Mahdian, K., J. Kerckhove, L. Tirry & P. De Clercq (2005). Effects of diet on development and reproduction of the predatory pentatomids Picromerus bidens and Podisus maculiventris. BioControl, in press.