2012•Acta Phytopathologica et Entomologica HungaricaRequires access

Notes on sex ratio and reproductive modes in field populations of two pest thrips species (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) in Italy

Rita Marullo, Alessandra De Grazia

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Two important Italian pest thrips species, Frankliniella occidentalis and Thrips tabaci, reproduce arrhenotokously in field populations with high female-biased sex ratios. However, in the laboratory in F. occidentalis male numbers approached these of females (0.7:1 — males:females), but in T. tabaci no males were produced. The presence of Wolbachia could not be detected in unmated females of laboratory strains of the two thrips species.

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Key concepts: Thripidae, Thrips, Biology, PEST analysis, Sex ratio, Wolbachia, Zoology, Botany