Entomology, Ornithology & Herpetology: Current Research
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ISSN: 2161-0983
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ISSN: 2161-0983
+44 1478 350008
Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Ngaoundéré, P.O. Box 454 Ngaoundéré, Cameroon
Ph. D holder 1998, agricultural entomology ( IPM). After 2 Post-doctoral fellowships, senior lecturer at the Faculty of Science of the University of Ngaoundéré in 1998 associate Professor in 2009 and Full Professor since November 2016. Specialist in certification of organic production and regulation. He teaches ecology, zoology and entomology. Supervision of importnt number of thesis in MSc and Ph.D. Research projects on IPM of stored grains insect pests.
Research Article
Identification of the Optimum Temperature of Myrmeleon obscurus (Rambur, 1842)
Author(s): Antoine Bakoidi*, Ismaila Djibo, Fri Dobo, Jean Maoge and Leonard S Ngamo Tinkeu
Terrestrial ectotherms are active between precise thermal tolerance values, from lower to upper limits that impacts their survival. Arround the temperature range where the xerophilous antlion larvae are active, there is a temperature close to the upper thermal limit where vital functions are optimal. No research at our knowledge is done on the thermal tolerance of Myrmeleon obscurus (Rambur, 1842), the present investigation identifies the thermal optimum of each larval stage in a range of four temperatures: 22, 27, 35 and 40°C. It comes clear that 35°C is the temperature at which no mortality is observed resulting to 100% of adults all viable; at this temperature M. obscurus has the shortest life cycle 45.43 days... View More»