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Issue: Vol. 5583 No. 2: 3 Feb. 2025
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2025-02-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5583.2.11
Page range: 398-400
Abstract views: 20
PDF downloaded: 1

Predatory thrips in action: Scolothrips sexmaculatus (Pergande) and Scolothrips tenuipennis zur Strassen, 1965 (Thripidae) feeding on Tetranychus urticae (Acari) in Brazil

Instituto de Ciências Biológicas; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande; Av. Itália; km 8; Rio Grande; RS; Brazil
Escritório Local de Seropédica; Empresa de Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Emater-Rio); Rod. BR 465; km 7; 23891-000; Seropédica; RJ; Brazil
Escritório Regional Serrano; Emater-Rio; Av. Alberto Braune; 224; 28613-001; Nova Friburgo; RJ; Brazil
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Fitotecnia; Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ); Rod. BR 465; km 7; 23897-000; Seropédica; RJ; Brazil
Departamento de Entomologia e Fitopatologia; Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ); Rod. BR 465; km 7; 23897- 000; Seropédica; RJ; Brazil
Acari Scolothrips sexmaculatus Scolothrips tenuipennis Tetranychus urticae Brazil

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to report the presence in Brazil of two predatory thrips species feeding on mites in commercial hop plantations (Humulus lupulus, Cannabaceae). The mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch, is known as the two-spotted spider mite (TSSM) and is a major pest in several crops, including hop, threatening yields by damaging leaf tissues and, in severe cases, covering foliage with webs. It is native to Eurasia but is now present globally, with a wide range of natural enemies, including commercially used biological controls such as Stethorus beetles and phytoseiid mites (Sirrine et al. 2010; Turner et al. 2011).

 

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