Species of psocids (Psocoptera), associated with stored grains in México

SIXTEEN SPECIES OF PSOCIDS WERE FOUND ASSOCIATED WITH STORED GRAINS IN MEXICO, IN 82 SAMPLES STUDIED; MOST OF THE SAMPLES WERE OF MAIZE AND RICE. IN TERMS OF FREQUENCY, RELATIVE ABUNDANCE, AND DOMINANCE, THE MOST IMPORTANT SPECIES WERE LIPOSCELIS ENTOMOPHILA ENDERLEIN, LEPINOTUS RETICALATUS EN DERLEIN, LIPOSCELIS BOSTRYCHOPHILA BADONNEL AND PSOQUILLA MARGINEPUNCTATA HAGEN. MOST OF THE SPECIES FOUND HAVE BEEN RECORDED IN ASSOCIATION WITH STORED GRAINS AND FOODSTUFFS. L. BOSTRYCHOPHILA HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS A PEST OF STORED GRAINS AND FOODSTUFFS.

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Main Authors: GARCÍA ALDRETE, ALFONSO NERI, GUTIÉRREZ DÍAZ, LUIS
Format: Digital revista
Language:spa
Published: Anales del Instituto de Biología serie Zoología 2009
Online Access:https://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/zoo/article/view/7127
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