PTEROSTICHUS BEETLES DOMINATE THE CARABID ASSEMBLAGE IN AN UNSPRAYED ORCHARD IN SONOMA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

Authors
RIDDICK EW MILLS NJ
Citation
Ew. Riddick et Nj. Mills, PTEROSTICHUS BEETLES DOMINATE THE CARABID ASSEMBLAGE IN AN UNSPRAYED ORCHARD IN SONOMA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, The Pan-Pacific entomologist, 72(4), 1996, pp. 213-219
Citations number
35
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
The Pan-Pacific entomologist → ACNP
ISSN journal
00310603
Volume
72
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
213 - 219
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-0603(1996)72:4<213:PBDTCA>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
The seasonal activity of predatory carabids on the soil surface was ex amined in an unsprayed apple orchard in Sonoma County. Pterostichus be etles were the most active carabids in this orchard, comprising from 7 1-83% of the total number of individuals trapped during two consecutiv e growing seasons. Pterostichus (Dysidius) lustrans LeConte and Pteros tichus (Hypherpes) spp. were most active in June 1991 and June 1992, w hereas Pterostichus (Poecilus) cursitor LeConte were most active in Ju ly and August 1991 and in July 1992.