Natural Enemies Associated with Citrus Flat Mite¹ in a Commercial Orchard of Persian Lime at Sinaloa, México
2022
Cortez-Mondaca, Edgardo | Gutiérrez-Soto, Guillermo | Santillan-Galicia, Teresa | Valenzuela-Escoboza, Fernando Alberto | López, Miguel Ángel | Osuna, Álvaro Ortíz
From 18 samplings at 2-week intervals with yellow impaction traps, entomological net, and direct observation, natural enemies of the citrus flat mite, Brevipalpus californicus (Banks), were determined in a commercial orchard of Persian lime, Citrus × latifolia Tanaka Ex. Q. Jiménez: lady beetles, Stethorus pinachi (Gordon y Chapin), Cycloneda sanguinea (L.), and Chilocorus cacti (L.); lacewing, Chrysoperla spp.; pirate bug, Orius sp.; assassin bug, Zelus spp.; big eyed bug, Geocoris sp., and mites Phytoseiulus persimilis (Athias-Henriot), Amblyseius largoensis (Muma), Euseisus scutalis (Athias-Henriot), Neoseiulus cucumeris (Oudemans), Propioseiopsis sp., and Chelotimus sp. The study is the first formal report of entomophages associated with B. californicus in Persian lime at Sinaloa, Mexico.
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