Thrips (Insecta: Thysanoptera) of Guadeloupe and Martinique: Updated Check-List with New Information on Their Ecology and Natural Enemies

Abstract

A list of 91 species of thrips from Guadeloupe and Martinique, including 28 new records, is provided. New data on the ecology of some species and additional records of parasitoids and predators of thrips are given. A list of plants is provided on which populations of thrips have been observed, in some cases, with the presence of immature stages and/or thrips feeding damage.

Prey colour biases in jumping spiders (Habronattus brunneus) differ across populations

“…data). While some species of thrips defend themselves using anal secretions (Howard, Blum, & Fales, ; Lewis, ; Tschuch, Lindemann, Niesen, Csuk, & Moritz, ) that effectively deter ants (Howard et al, ), evidence suggests that these secretions do not deter spider, beetle, mite or hemipteran predators from attacking (Etienne, Ryckewaert, & Michel, ; Rocha et al, ; Tavares, Torres, Silva‐Torres, & Vacari, ); instead, these secretions may even act as kairomones and attract some predators (Teerling, Gillespie, & Borden, ). Small red trichogrammatid wasps (<1 mm) were also found in high abundance at the Winter Park site.…”

First Record of Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) Causing Damage on Greenhouse Strawberries

“…Swingle; Rutaceae), rose (Rosa sp. L.; Rosaceae), wild strawberry (Fragaria vesca L.; Rosaceae) (Etienne et al 2015), and avocado (Persea americana Mill. ; Lauraceae) (Larral et al 2018).…”

Ceratothripoides brunneus(Thysanoptera: Thripidae) Recorded from Florida

“…Historical specimens from various museum collections examined by Mound & Nickle (2009) suggested that the original range of C. brunneus was confined to the Afrotropical region. However, more recent reports include specimens collected from Puerto Rico (Mound & Nickle 2009), Malaysia (Mound & Azidah 2009), Cuba (Suris & Rodriguez-Romero 2011), Indonesia (Sartiami & Mound 2013), and Guadeloupe (Etienne et al 2015), indicating that C. brunneus has moved beyond its native range, presumably transported by the horticultural trade (Mound & Azidah 2009). In North America, C. brunneus was intercepted at U.S. ports of entry (Nickle 2003(Nickle , 2009 but has not been reported outside of quarantine environs.…”