Greenidea psidii(Hemiptera: Aphididae: Greenideinae) New Invasive Aphid in Costa Rica

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Clave dicotómica para especies parasitoides e hiperparasitoides (Hymenoptera) de áfidos (Hemiptera: Aphididae) de Costa Rica

“…El conocimiento sobre la áfido-fauna costarricense y sus interacciones con las plantas huéspedes antes del año 2002, fueron escasas y solo se conocían pocas especies reportadas para el país, casi todas asociadas a cultivos agrícolas (Calvo, 1978;Chacón, 1980;Gómez, 1987;Hernández y Meneses, 1988;Meneses y Amador, 1988;Meneses et al, 1990). Sin embargo, desde la publicación de la primera lista de especies para Costa Rica (Voegtlin et al, 2003), el trabajo sobre este grupo se incrementó y se ha publicado investigación periódica sobre el tema (Pérez-Hidalgo et al, 2009;Quirós et al, 2009;Zamora-Mejías et al, 2010b;VillalobosMuller et al, 2010;Pérez-Hidalgo et al, 2012;Zamora-Mejías et. al.…”

“…Son pocos los ejemplos de especies de áfidos nativas de América Central (Nieto-Nafría et al, 2013;Pérez-Hidalgo et al, 2012), ya que la mayoría son el resultado de introducciones por actividades humanas (Holman, 1974;Smith y Cermeli, 1979;Meneses et al, 1990;Étienne, 2005;Evans y Halbert, 2007;Quirós et al, 2009) o por invasión natural del hemisferio norte y sur (Villalobos-Muller et al, 2010), por ende, el ensamblaje costarricense de especies de áfidos refleja esta situación (Voegtlin et al, 2003;Pérez-Hidalgo et al, 2009;Quirós et al, 2009;Villalobos-Muller et al, 2010;Zamora-Mejías et al, 2010b;Pérez-Hidalgo et al, 2012).…”

New data about the Costa Rican aphid fauna (Hemiptera, Aphididae)

“…Many species have arrived via introduced crops, ornamental plants and nursery seedlings, thereby increasing the number of aphid species present in the region (e.g. Pérez Hidalgo et al, 2009). In tropical regions aphid diversity increases with altitude (Eastop, 1998) and in mountainous countries such as Costa Rica a wide range of altitudes results in a diversity of microclimates, which in turn facilitates the successful establishment of new aphid species (Pérez Hidalgo et al, 2012).…”

“…Nonetheless, there is still much to be learned about the distribution and trophic relationships of the aphid species occurring in Central America. Costa Rica is one of the countries in which knowledge of aphids has increased significantly; as of early 2002 there were relatively few aphid species cited from the country and these were mainly from crops (Calvo, 1978;Chacón, 1980;Gómez, 1987;Hernández & Meneses, 1988;Meneses & Amador, 1987;Meneses & Amador, 1990;Rivera et al, 1994;Sánchez et al, 2001), but since the publication of the first list of aphids in the country (Voegtlin et al, 2003) sampling has increased and regular updates have appeared (Pérez Hidalgo et al, 2009;Zamora Mejías et al 2010;Villalobos Muller et al 2010;Sánchez-Monge et al, 2010). The recent publications have treated not only aphids of agricultural crops (which are often more susceptible to infestation), but also non-crop trees, shrubs, herbaceous plants and bryophytes.…”

Feeding behavior of two exotic aphid species on their original hosts in a new invaded area

“…The genus Greenidea has its origin in Asia (Blackman & Eastop 1984), with G. psidii being distributed in Asia, Florida, Hawaii, California, Costa Rica, and Brazil (Blackman & Eastop 1984, Beardsley 1993, Halbert 2004, Lazzari et al 2006, Hidalgo et al 2009, feeding on leaves of P. guajava and other Myrtaceae (Rhodomyrtus, Eugenia, Melaleuca). Greenidea ficicola has been recorded from Asia, Australia, Florida, and Brazil (Blackman & Eastop 1984, Halbert 2004, Sousa-Silva et al 2005 feeding on Ficus spp.…”