Mate Recognition in the South African Citrus Thrips Scirtothrips aurantii (Faure) and Cross-Mating Tests with Populations from Australia and South Africa

• Published in: Journal of insect behavior Vol. 26; no. 6; pp. 780 - 795
• Main Authors: Rafter, M. A, Walter, G. H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston Springer-Verlag 01.11.2013; Springer US; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Agriculture; Animal behavior; Animal Ecology; Animal ethology; Animal reproduction; Behavioral biology; Behavioral Sciences; Bioassays; Biological and medical sciences; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Bryophyllum; Citrus; Crassulaceae; Entomology; Evolutionary Biology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; horticulture; Host plants; Indigenous species; Insects; Life Sciences; Mangifera indica; mangoes; Neurobiology; pests; phytophagous insects; Plant species; Protozoa. Invertebrata; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Scirtothrips citri; testcrosses; South Africa; Australia; Southern Africa; Africa; Oceania; generalist species; mating ethogram; polyphagy; behavioral bioassay; reciprocal cross-mating experiments; Thysanoptera; cryptic species; specific-mate recognition system; Bioassay; Ethogram; Reproductive pattern; Insecta; Mating; Generalist species; Scirtothrips citri; Mate recognition; Polyphagous; Arthropoda; Thripidae; Cryptic species; Behavior; Invertebrata

South African citrus thrips (Scirtothrips aurantii) is a pest of citrus, mango and other horticultural species in its native range, which encompasses a large part of Africa. Its adventitious establishment in Australia in 2002 was a major cause for concern. The thrips, 11 years after its incursion in...