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1 June 2009 Sympathy of Orius insidiosus and O. pumilio (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) in North Central Florida
Jeffrey P. Shapiro, Paul D. Shirk, Stuart R. Reitz, Rose Koenig
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Abstract

Two closely related species of Anthocoridae, the minute pirate bugs Orius insidiosus (Say) and O. pumilio (Champion), were collected together from false Queen Anne's lace/ large bullwort (Ammi majus) planted on an organic farm in Gainesville, Alachua Co., FL., over a period of 5 successive weeks. The presumptive prey on the false Queen Anne's lace was a single species of thrips, Frankliniella bispinosa (Morgan). In the first 4 weekly collections from the flower heads, the densities of O. insidiosus adults were 2.7-fold higher than those of O. pumilio. No eggs or nymphs of either species were observed on the plants. Sex ratios (males:females) of 2.7 and 1.0 were observed for O. insidiosus and O. pumilio, respectively. A colony of O. insidiosus was established from field-collected specimens. The sex ratio of the F1 generation from this colony was 1.0, suggesting that the skewed field sex ratio was not a genetic phenomenon. These data demonstrate that these sympatric predators coexist at least temporarily, feeding on pests of the false Queen Anne's lace.

Jeffrey P. Shapiro, Paul D. Shirk, Stuart R. Reitz, and Rose Koenig "Sympathy of Orius insidiosus and O. pumilio (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) in North Central Florida," Florida Entomologist 92(2), 362-366, (1 June 2009). https://doi.org/10.1653/024.092.0223
Published: 1 June 2009
KEYWORDS
Ammi majus
Frankliniella bispinosa
minute pirate bug
Queen Anne's lace
sex ratio
thrips
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