21 Ara 2024 Cumartesi
First report in Syria of two predatory true bugs: Montandoniola indica (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) and Geocoris amabilis (Hemiptera: Geocoridae)
Abstract :In
this study, two heteropterous species Montandoniola indica Yamada, 2011
(Heteroptera: Anthocoridae) and Geocoris amabilis Stal, 1855 (Heteroptera: Geocoridae)
were detected on the leaves of Ficus benjamina plants, in the coastal
area in Tartous, Syria. Adults and a nymph of M. indica were collected,
on heavy infested leaves with Gynaikothrips uzeli Zimmermann, 1900
(Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae). This is the first record of the both bugs in
Syria and the first detection of M. indica outside India.
Montandoniola indica, Geocoris amabilis, Anthocoridae, Geocoridae, Gynaikothrips uzeli, Ficus benjamina, Syria