New faunal records of arboreal predatory and detritous feeding mites on coconut in CALABARZON Philippines

Issue Date

10-2015

Abstract

A survey of arboreal mites associated with outbreak populations of coconut scale insect (CSI), Aspidiotus rigidus Reyne (Hemisptera:Diaspididae) on coconut in CALABARZON, Philippines was conducted from April to August 2014. Ten species were new records on coconut. Of the newly recorded species, six are predators dominated by the family Phytoseiidae, and four are detritivorous species belonging to three families of Astigmatina and other cohorts of the suborder Oribatida. The predatory species, most of which are generalist and are known to feed on crawlers of scale insects, are suspected to have significant role in the population management of CSI. On the other hand, detritivorous species were observed to feed on dead and scale cover of CSI. Two of the Oribatida under the cohort Brachypylina of the genera Dometorina and Notogalumna are to be described by acarologists. The Philippine mite fauna on coconut now consists of 28 species of 12 families.

Source or Periodical Title

The Philippine Entomologist

ISSN

0048-3753

Volume

29

Issue

2

Page

222

Document Type

Article

Frequency

semi-annually

Language

English

En – AGROVOC descriptors

ASPIDIOTUS; PHYTOSEIIDAE; CRYPTOSTIGMATA; COCOS NUCIFERA; SPECIES; PREDATORS; PESTS OF PLANTS; PHILIPPINES

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