Thrips species (Insecta: Thysanoptera) associated to Cowpea in Piauí, Brazil.

Thrips are still poorly known in cowpea, Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp., in Piauí, despite their economic importance in this crop, which stands out as one of the major cultures of North and Northeast regions from Brazil. Thus, this study aimed to identify the thrips species associated to the crop in Teresina and Bom Jesus, Piauí, Brazil. From October 2007 to August 2008, cowpea inflorescences were sampled in the municipalities by the technique of simple bagging. After screenings, thrips were preserved in AGA, mounted on permanent microscope slides and identified. The identified species were: Frankliniella brevicaulis Hood, 1937, F. insularis (Franklin, 1908), F. schultzei (Trybom, 1910), F. tritici (Fitch, 1855) and Haplothrips gowdeyi (Franklin, 1908). The slides are deposited at the entomological collection of the Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Piauí. A key to the species is provided.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	LIMA, E. F. B., FONTES, L. da S., PINENT, S. M. J., REIS, A. S. dos, FREIRE FILHO, F. R., LOPES, A. C. de A.
Other Authors:	Élison Fabrício Bezerra Lima, Universidade Federal do Piauí; Lúcia da Silva Fontes, Universidade Federal do Piauí; Silvia Marisa Jesien Pinent, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Adriana Saraiva dos Reis, Universidade Federal do Piauí; FRANCISCO RODRIGUES FREIRE FILHO, CPAMN; Angela Celis de Almeida Lopes, Universidade Federal do Piauí.
Format:	Artigo de periódico biblioteca
Language:	English eng
Published:	2013-07-18
Subjects:	Praga de planta, Feijão de corda, Vigna Unguiculata., Pests, Phlaeothripidae, Thripidae, Frankliniella.,
Online Access:	http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/alice/handle/doc/962439
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