Entomologia Croatica, Vol. 15 No. 1-4, 2011.
Original scientific paper
RANDOM COLLECTION OF TRUE BUGS (HETEROPTERA) BY CSALOMON ® VARb3 FUNNEL TRAPS AT THE JAZBINA SCIENCE EDUCATION STATION IN ZAGREB
Ivana Pajač
orcid.org/0000-0002-0775-7327
; Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Božena Barić
orcid.org/0000-0002-0708-4257
; Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
During the growing season of 2008, Csalomon® VARb3 funnel traps were used for the monitoring of Coleoptera: Cetoniinae species. The traps were baited with synthesized scent of flowers and ornamental fruit plants. Traps varied in the color of their attractive vanes (yellow, blue and a combination of these two colors). The experiment was conducted in a mixed plum and cherry orchard at a science and educational station Jazbina in Zagreb. The orchard is surrounded by oak trees and the ground cover is dominated by native vegetation. Among the primary Cetoninae target species, a total of 108 true bugs (Heteroptera) were caught on a random basis. The traps were checked 14 times in 2008, from April 19 until August 21. A total of 40 species of Heteroptera belonging to 12 families (Tingidae, Nabiidae, Anthocoridae, Reduviidae, Miridae, Lygaeidae, Berytidae, Alydidae, Coreidae, Rhopalidae, Plataspidae and Pentatomidae) were found.
According to the degree of frequency test, 36 species of true bugs were characterized as accidental species and 4 were characterized as accessory species. Analysis of the catch frequency by Csalomon® VARb3 funnel traps has shown that these traps, although not intended for trapping true bugs, can serve as an additional tool in the monitoring of Heteroptera species.
Keywords
True bugs; Heteroptera; visual and olfactory traps; random collection
Hrčak ID:
85022
URI
Publication date:
22.12.2011.
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