Ekrem ATAKAN, Sultan ÇOBANOĞLU, Oğuz YÜKSEL, D. Ali BAL

Kırmızı palmiyeböceği [Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Oliver, 1790) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)] üzerinde foretik uropodid akarlar (Acarina: Uropodidae)

Adana ilinden 2008 yılında, feromon tuzaklarıyla ve yalancı hurma (Phoneix canariensis Hort.) ağaçları üzerinden toplanan Kırmızı palmiyeböceği (KPB), Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Oliver, 1790) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) foretik akar türleri bakımından incelenmiştir Bu çalışmayla Türkiye’de ilk kez KPB üzerinde foretik akar türleri, Uropoda orbicularis (Müller 1776) ve Uroobovella marginata (Koch 1839) (Acarina: Uropodidae) saptanmıştır. Uropodidae türleri esas olarak ergin böceklerin elytrasının altında bulunmuştur. Bu akar türleri KPB’nin ölmüş olan son dönem larvaları ve pupalarında da kaydedilmiştir. Mayıs-haziran döneminde tuzaklarda ve şubat ayında KPB zararı nedeniyle kesilen yalancı hurma ağaçlarında ergin böceklerin çoğunun yüksek sayılarda uropodid akarlarla ile bulaşık oldukları saptanmıştır. Mayıs-haziran döneminde tuzaklardaki dişilerde ortalama uropodid akar sayısı 213.02 (maksimum 698); erkeklerde ise 188.85 (maksimum 653) olmuştur. Şubat ayında kesilen ağaçlardaki ergin dişilerde ortalama akar sayısı 346.70 (maksimum 668) olurken, ergin erkeklerde 283.10 (maksimum 644) olarak kaydedilmiştir. Kokon içerisindeki ergin dişi ve erkek böceklerin çoğunluğunun yüksek yoğunluklarda (400-500 adet) uropodid akar ile bulaşık olduğu bulunmuştur. KPB’nin larva ve pupalarında uropodid akar sayısı çoğunlukla 0-50 adet akar arasında değişmiştir. Ergin erkek ve dişi böcekler örnekleme dönemi boyunca genelde benzer yoğunluklarda akar taşımışlardır. Bu çalışmada saptanan akarların tipik foretik davranış göstermelerine karşın, bunların özellikle bahar aylarında KPB erginlerinin uçuş aktivitelerini kısmen de olsa olumsuz yönde etkileyebilecekleri kanaatine varılmıştır.

Phoretic uropodid mites (Acarina: Uropodidae) on the red palm weevil [rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Oliver, 1790) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)]

Phoretic mites (Acarina: Mesostigmata: Uropodidae) were identified on the red palm weevil (RPW), [(Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Oliver, 1790) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)] collected from the aggregation pheromone traps and the dead Canary Island date palms, Phoenix canariensis Hort. in Adana province, Turkey in 2008. Two phoretic uropodid species, Uropoda orbicularis (Müller, 1776) and Uroobovella marginata (Koch, 1839) (Acarina: Uropodidae) were recorded for the first time on the RPW in Turkey. The uropodid mites were found mainly beneath the first wings of the adult weevils. They were also observed on dead larval and pupa stages of the RPW. The majority of the adult weevils, collected from the traps in the period may-june and date palm trees in february, carried the high numbers of uropodid mites. Mean total numbers of the total mites on the pheromone traps for the period of may-june were 213.02 (max. 698) on per adult female and 188.85 (max. 653) per adult male. Mean total numbers of mites in the date palm trees in february were 346.70 (max. 668) per adult female and 283.10 (max. 644) per adult male in date palms. RPW, found inside the cocoons in the date palms, were infested with the great numbers (400-600) of the mites. Total numbers of the total uropodid mites on the larval and pupal stage of RPW varied from 0 to 50. Densities of the phoretic mites attached to the adult females and males collected from the trap and palm tree samplings were usually similar throughout the sampling periods. The uropodids exhibited typically phoretic behavior on the RPW individuals. They may have hampered partly the flight behaviors of the weevils, particularly in the spring in Adana province.

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