Atractotomus mali Meyer-Duer , 1843

Jerinic-Prodanovic, Dusanka & Protic, Ljiljana, 2013, True bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) as psyllid predators (Hemiptera, Psylloidea), ZooKeys 319, pp. 169-189 : 176

8) Atractotomus mali Meyer-Duer, 1843

Trophic status.

Phytozoophagous.

Distribution.

Palaearctic.

Preys.

Cacopsylla affinis , from Crataegus monogyna , Koruška, 1.V.2008, reared 1♀ 'ex larva' 8.V.2008. Cacopsylla melanoneura , from Crataegus monogyna , Beograd–Hotel Jugoslavija, 22.IV.2008, reared 2♂♂, 1♀ 'ex larva' 30.IV.2008; 18.V.2008, reared 1♀ 'ex larva' 23.V.2008; Dobra, 10.V.2008, reared 1♂, 1♀ 'ex larva' 21.V.2008; Draževac, 20.IV.2008, reared 1♂, 1♀ 2.V.2008; Koruška, 1.V.2008, reared 1♀ 'ex larva' 8.V.2008. Cacopsylla melanoneura , from Malus domestica , Ilinci, 24.V.2008, reared 1♀ 'ex larva' 30.V.2008; Oparić, 4.V.2008, reared 2♂ 'ex larva' 19.V.2008; Ilinci, 2.V.2010, reared 1♀. Cacopsylla peregrina , from Crataegus monogyna , Beograd–Hotel Jugoslavija, 22.IV.2008, reared 2♂♂, 1♀ 'ex larva' 30.IV.2008; Dobra, 10.V.2008, reared 1♂, 1♀ 'ex larva' 21.V.2008; Koruška, 1.V.2008, reared 1♀ 'ex larva' 8.V.2008. Cacopsylla picta , from Malus domestica , Ilinci, 24.V.2008, 1♀ 'ex larva' 30.V.2008.

Atractotomus mali has been reported so far as a predator of mites, aphids, thrips, psyllids, butterfly larvae and pupae ( Wheeler 2000b). It was registered as a predator of apple psyllid Cacopsylla mali in Norway ( Jonsson 1983) and of pear psyllid Cacopsylla pyrisuga in Greece ( Santas 1987). In Germany, Novak and Achtziger (1995) registered it as a predator of hawthorn psyllids Cacopsylla spp.

First record of Atractotomus mali as a predator of Cacopsylla picta . The above mentioned data are the first ones for Atractotomus mali as a psyllid predator in Serbia.