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THRIPS (THYSANOPTERA) DIVERSITY IN A SUGAR MAPLE (ACERACEAE) PLANTATION

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

David A. J. Teulon*
Affiliation:
New Zealand Institute for Crop & Food Research Ltd., PB 4704, Christchurch, New Zealand
E. Alan Cameron
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA 16802
Sueo Nakahara
Affiliation:
Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA-ARS, 10300 Baltimore Ave., Beltsville, Maryland, USA 20705
*
1Author to whom all correspondence should be addressed (E-mail: [email protected]).

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Recent damage to sugar maple, Acer saccharurn Marsh., by pear thnps, Taeniothrips inconsequens, in the northeast of the United States and adjacent parts of Canada has led to much research on this pest (Teulon et al. 1993; Teulon and Cameron 1996; Parker and Skinner 1997). A detailed description of the univoltine pear thrips' life history is reported in Teulon et al. (1998). Although T: inconsequens is the dominant species in sugar maple, other thrips may also be important as herbivores, detritivores, or predators and need to be taken into account in sampling or monitoring programmes. This article describes the diversity of thrips in a sugar maple plantation in central Pennsylvania, United States.

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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1999

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