Arthropods Associated with Sugarcane Leaf Spindles in South Africa
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The South African Sugarcane Research Institute (SASRI) is researching an Area-Wide Integrated Pest Management (AW-IPM) strategy against sugarcane thrips, Fulmekiola serrata (Kobus) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). Unique monitoring techniques successfully implemented provided faunal complexes that might include natural enemies within leaf spindles. Twentyeight Thysanoptera taxa from three families, namely Thripidae, Phlaeothripidae and Aeolothripidae, were distinguished. F. serrata were by far the predominant species. Many taxa were scarce or singletons. Anthocoridae: possibly Orius sp.; Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae; Chrysomelidae: Alticinae: Chaetocnema sp.; Curculionidae: Scolytinae; Coccinellidae: Scymninae: Nephus cf. voeltzkowi Weise and Scymnus sp.; Corylophidae, Formicidae: Anoplolepis sp.; indeterminate Lepidoptera; Cicadellidae: Cicadulina niger Ghauri; Laelapidae: Mesostigmata: Ololaelaps sp. (soil predatory mite); Araneae: Clubionidae: Clubiona sp.; Thomisidae: Firmicus sp. were recovered.
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