TY - JOUR
T1 - Thysanoptera inhabiting native terrestrial orchids in Northern Florida and Southern Georgia
AU - Funderburk, Joe
AU - Mound, Laurence
AU - Sharma, Jyotsna
PY - 2007/10
Y1 - 2007/10
N2 - A survey was conducted to identify the thrips species associated with native terrestrial orchids in northern Florida. The above-ground plant structures were sampled when each species was flowering yielding adults of polyphagous species of the common flower thrips Frankliniella tritici (Fitch), Frankliniella fusca (Hinds), and Microcephalothrips abdominalis (Crawford). There is little indication that the orchids were reproductive hosts of these species. Other species of thrips that are more host-specific to orchids were collected and included adults of the orchid-living species Aurantothrips orchidaceus (Bagnall) and Pseudothrips beckhami Beshear and Howell. The presence of larvae of P. beckhami indicated the suitability of at least some orchid species as reproductive hosts. The adults of 2 predatory species in the Family Phlaeothripidae also were collected, Leptothrips mail (Fitch) and Karnyothrips melaleucus (Bagnall).
AB - A survey was conducted to identify the thrips species associated with native terrestrial orchids in northern Florida. The above-ground plant structures were sampled when each species was flowering yielding adults of polyphagous species of the common flower thrips Frankliniella tritici (Fitch), Frankliniella fusca (Hinds), and Microcephalothrips abdominalis (Crawford). There is little indication that the orchids were reproductive hosts of these species. Other species of thrips that are more host-specific to orchids were collected and included adults of the orchid-living species Aurantothrips orchidaceus (Bagnall) and Pseudothrips beckhami Beshear and Howell. The presence of larvae of P. beckhami indicated the suitability of at least some orchid species as reproductive hosts. The adults of 2 predatory species in the Family Phlaeothripidae also were collected, Leptothrips mail (Fitch) and Karnyothrips melaleucus (Bagnall).
KW - Aurantothrips orchidaceus
KW - Frankliniella fusca
KW - Frankliniella tritici
KW - Native terrestrial orchids
KW - Orchidaceae
KW - Phlaeothripidae
KW - Pseudothrips beckhami
KW - Thripidae
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=37849017428&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.18474/0749-8004-42.4.573
DO - 10.18474/0749-8004-42.4.573
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:37849017428
SN - 0749-8004
VL - 42
SP - 573
EP - 581
JO - Journal of Entomological Science
JF - Journal of Entomological Science
IS - 4
ER -