Distribution of Thysanoptera species and their host plants in Croatia

Emilija RASPUDIĆ; Marija IVEZIĆ; Mirjana BRMEŽ; Stanislav TRDAN

doi:10.14720/aas.2009.93.3.15050

Authors

Emilija RASPUDIĆ Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in Osijek, Faculty of Agriculture, Trg Svetog Trojstva 3, HR-31000 Osijek, Croatia
Marija IVEZIĆ Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in Osijek, Faculty of Agriculture, Trg Svetog Trojstva 3, HR-31000 Osijek, Croatia
Mirjana BRMEŽ Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in Osijek, Faculty of Agriculture, Trg Svetog Trojstva 3, HR-31000 Osijek, Croatia
Stanislav TRDAN University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Dept. of Agronomy, Jamnikarjeva 101, SI-1111 Ljubljana, Slovenia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14720/aas.2009.93.3.15050

Keywords:

thrips, Thysanoptera, host plants, sampling, Croatia

Abstract

Sampling of thrips species and their host plants were carried out from 1993 to 1996 on 111 localities in Croatia. Samples of thrips were taken from 235 different plant species. 33 thrips species from suborder Terebrantia and 14 thrips species from suborder Tubulifera were found in research. The most abundant species were onion thrips (Thrips tabaci) and flower thrips (Frankliniella intonsa), which were found on host plants from 30 and 29 botanical families, respectively. Six new species for Croatia was recorded: Aeolothrips melaleucus, Oxythrips bicolor, Stenothrips graminum, Thrips linarius, Liothrips vaneeckei, and Poecilothrips albopictus.