True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) as psyllid predators (Hemiptera, Psylloidea)
Author
Jerinic-Prodanovic, Dusanka
Author
Protic, Ljiljana
text
ZooKeys
2013
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169
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.319.4316
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.319.4316
1313-2970-319-169
1)
Anthocoris amplicollis (
Horvath
, 1839)
Trophic status.
Zoophagous.
Distribution.
Europe.
Prey.
Psylla buxi
(Linnaeus, 1758), from
Buxus sempervirens
, Nova Galenika, 13.VI.2009, reared 3♂♂, 2♀♀.
Anthocoris amplicollis
was already reported in Serbia (
Protic
and
Stojanovic
2003
) but the above mentioned record is the first one in Serbia as a psyllid predator. In Switzerland, it was registered by
Wyniger and Burckhardt (2003)
in galls of
Psyllopsis fraxini
. According to available literature data,
Anthocoris amplicollis
has not been published as a predator of
Psylla buxi
.