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Seasonal abundance of Thysanoptera species in Tillandsia usneoides (Poales: Bromeliaceae)

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dc.creator Demirozer, OZAN
dc.creator Tyler-Julian, Kara
dc.creator FUNDERBURK, Joe
dc.date 2015-11-30T22:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2020-10-06T10:33:25Z
dc.date.available 2020-10-06T10:33:25Z
dc.identifier 7c12241a-5f61-4945-8631-197e24c8a7ba
dc.identifier 10.1653/024.098.0424
dc.identifier https://avesis.sdu.edu.tr/publication/details/7c12241a-5f61-4945-8631-197e24c8a7ba/oai
dc.identifier.uri http://acikerisim.sdu.edu.tr/xmlui/handle/123456789/64287
dc.description Spanish moss, Tillandsia usneoides (L.) (Poales: Bromeliaceae), is widely distributed in the southeastern United States. A diversity of arthropod species from numerous taxa are known to inhabit this common epiphytic plant. Thysanoptera species inhabiting Spanish moss were sampled monthly over the course of a year from trees in 4 different genera and included 10 species of thrips from 8 genera and 3 families represented. Breeding populations of predatory Karnyothrips (Phlaeothripidae) were common in Spanish moss during all months of the year. The adults of 2 phytophagous species of Frankliniella (Thripidae) were common in the spring months, but only a few larvae were collected over the course of the year. The adults of other species collected were: Heterothrips quercicola J. C. Crawford (Heterothripidae); Chilothrips pini Hood, Neohydatothrips variabilis (Beach), and Selenothrips rubrocinctus (Giard) (Thripidae); and Hoplandrothrips pergandei Hinds and Liothrips ocellatus Hood (Phlaeothripidae). Although a diverse group of phytophagous thrips species inhabited Spanish moss, there was little evidence that it was a host. It may simply have been a temporary shelter with no other biological significance. The predatory thrips were abundant probably feeding on the diverse group of small arthropods that inhabit Spanish moss.
dc.language eng
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.title Seasonal abundance of Thysanoptera species in Tillandsia usneoides (Poales: Bromeliaceae)
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article


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