Cheyletus malaccensis Oudemans is a predatory mite inhabiting grain depots in China.The relationship between temperature and the population growth rate of C.malaccensis is useful for predicting its population dynamics.Age-stage, two-sex life tables of the predator, C.
malaccensis, reared on Acarus siro were constructed under laboratory conditions at 22, 24, 28, 30, and 32 °C, 75% relative humidity, and a 0:24 h (L:D) photoperiod.Increasing temperature shortened the development time of the baby toys immature stages.The complete generation time of C.malaccensis ranged from 11.
10 d to 27.50 d.Life table parameters showed that 28 °C was the optimum temperature for the growth and development of C.malaccensis; populations could increase rapidly at this temperature.
The highest net reproductive rate (R0 = 290.25) and highest fecundity (544.52) occurred at 28 °C.Temperature significantly affected the intrinsic rate of increase (r), fecundity, and finite rate of increase (λ).
The values of age-specific fecundity (high to low) were 28 °C > 24 °C > 30 °C > 32 °C > Soft Doll 22 °C, while the values of age-stage-specific fecundity had the same trend.