PREDATION BY TAPINOMA-MELANOCEPHALUM (HYMENOPTERA, FORMICIDAE) ON 2-SPOTTED SPIDER-MITES (ACARI, TETRANYCHIDAE) IN FLORIDA GREENHOUSES

Authors
OSBORNE LS PENA JE OI DH
Citation
Ls. Osborne et al., PREDATION BY TAPINOMA-MELANOCEPHALUM (HYMENOPTERA, FORMICIDAE) ON 2-SPOTTED SPIDER-MITES (ACARI, TETRANYCHIDAE) IN FLORIDA GREENHOUSES, The Florida entomologist, 78(4), 1995, pp. 565-570
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
The Florida entomologist → ACNP
ISSN journal
00154040
Volume
78
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
565 - 570
Database
ISI
SICI code
0015-4040(1995)78:4<565:PBT(FO>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Natural infestations of Tapinoma melalzocephalum, (Fab.) found in cent ral Florida greenhouses were observed attacking Tetranychus urticae Ko ch in test evaluations of two chemicals. Subsequent laboratory tests u sing isolated leaf discs, greenhouse data, and whole plants demonstrat ed that T. melanocephalum is a significant predator of T. urticae.