True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) as psyllid predators (Hemiptera, Psylloidea)
Jerinic-Prodanovic, Dusanka
Protic, Ljiljana
ZooKeys
2013
319
169
189
Scopoli, 1763
Scopoli
1763
Insecta
Miridae
Heterocordylus
CoL
Animalia
Heterocordylus (Heterodactylus) genistae
Hemiptera
9
178
Arthropoda
species
genistae
Heterodactylus
Trophic status. Phytozoophagous.
Distribution. Europe.
Prey. Cacopsylla melanoneura, from Malus domestica, Beloljin, 4.V.2008, collected 1♂; Ilinci, 20.V.2006, reared 1♂ 'ex larva' 25.V.2006; Uzovnica, 29.IV.2007, collected 1 specimen. Heterocordylus genistaeis mentioned in the literature as a beneficial insect being a predator of psyllids both in larval and adult stage. It is registered as a predator of various other insects ( Protic1993, 1998). In the present paper, we report Heterocordylus genistaefor the first time as a predator of psyllids in Serbia.