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Natura Croatica : Periodicum Musei Historiae Naturalis Croatici, Vol. 21 No. 1, 2012.

Original scientific paper

List of aphids (Homoptera: Aphidoidea) and their host plants in Croatia

Tanja Gotlin Čuljak ; Department of Agricultural Zoology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Svetošimunska cesta 25, Zagreb, Croatia
Dinka Grubišić ; Department of Agricultural Zoology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Svetošimunska cesta 25, Zagreb, Croatia
Aleksandar Mešić ; Department of Agricultural Zoology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Svetošimunska cesta 25, Zagreb, Croatia
Ivan Juran ; Department of Agricultural Zoology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Svetošimunska cesta 25, Zagreb, Croatia

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Abstract

In this paper all reference data of faunistic investigations of aphids and their host plants conducted in Croatia since 1927 are presented. The aim of this paper is to provide a complete checklist of aphids, important crop pests, and their host plants in Croatia. During the compilation of the list of host plants and their aphids, all available reference data of faunistic investigations undertaken in Croatia were used. The first data of aphid fauna were published in 1927 (KOVAČEVIĆ, 1927), and since then more than 50 papers have been published in Croatia. On a total of 192 hostplants, a total of 191 aphid species were established. The 192 host plants were placed in 40 orders and 60 families. The aphid species Aphis fabae, Myzus persicae, Macrosiphum euphorbiae, Aphis gossypii, Aphis craccivora, Aulacorthum solani, Acyrtosiphum pisum, Megoura viciae, Methopolophium dirhodum, Rhopalosiphum padi and Aphis pomi were recorded on the highest number of hostplants. Aphis fabae was recorded on 60 host plants, Myzus persicae on 42, Macrosiphum euphorbiae on 38, Aphis gossypii on 33, A. craccivora and Aulacorthum solani on 28, Acyrtosiphum pisum on 16, Megoura viciae and Methopolophium dirhodum on 15, Rhopalosiphum padi on 14 and Aphis pomi on 13 host plants in all. These aphid species are also the most important crop pests, causing direct damage by sucking sap from the plants and indirect damage by virus transmission.

Keywords

host plant; aphids; Croatia

Hrčak ID:

83289

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/83289

Publication date:

30.6.2012.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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