Since more than one decade, the UAT entomologists are working in collecting and determining species of insect and mite pests and their natural enemies on citrus orchards, ornamentals, shadow and pinus trees, and other cultivated plants in the State of Tamaulipas, México. Two books and more than 30 papers have been published containing information on this matter.
As a result, 54 species of natural enemies are been obtained from 15 citrus pests (mainly Homoptera). Moreover, 18 species of natural enemies were obtained from 15 pests on ornamental plants; 12 species of natural enemies on 9 pests of shadow and pinus trees; and 7 species of beneficial insects on 7 pests of other plants.
A complete list will be provided in the poster.
Aphelinidae (including two new species), Encyrtidae, Eulophidae and Braconidae are the best represented in Hymenoptera, Coccinellidae in Coleptera, and Chrysopidae in Neuroptera. More efforts are required to know better the natural enemies of forest pests in Tamaulipas.
Species 1: Hymenoptera Aphelinidae
Species 2: Diptera Asilidae
Species 3: Coleoptera Coccinellidae
Keywords: Beneficial arthropods
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