A checklist of natural enemies of Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (Hemiptera: Liviidae) in the department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia and the world

Authors

Takumasa Kondo, Corporacin Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (CORPOICA)Follow
Guillermo González F., La Reina, Santiago, Chile
Catherine Tauber, University of California Davis
Yoan Camilo Guzmán Sarmiento, Universidade Federal de Viçosa
Andrés Felipe Vinasco Mondragon, Universidad del Valle
Dimitri Forero, Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2015

Citation

Insecta Mundi 0457: 1–14

Comments

Published in 2015 by Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc. P. O. Box 141874 Gainesville, FL 32614-1874 USA http://centerforsystematicentomology.org/

Copyright held by the author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons, Attribution Non-Commercial License

Abstract

In recent years, populations of the Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (Hemiptera: Liviidae), have increased in rural citrus orchards and urban backyard gardens. In order to find biological control options for D. citri, a search for natural enemies was conducted in the department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia. The collections were carried out in citrus orchards in rural areas and house gardens and street trees in urban areas. Natural enemies were collected from D. citri found on Citrus spp. and Murraya paniculata (L.) Jack (Rutaceae). A total of 16 species of natural enemies of D. citri distributed in six families in fi ve orders are reported from Colombia. Herein we provide an updated list of 95 species of arthropod (arachnids and insects) natural enemies of D. citri distributed in nine orders and 23 families recorded worldwide.