Florida Entomologist (1995) 78, 56-61

Hugo Cesar Arredondo-Bernal, Juan Cibrián-Tovar and Roger N. Williams (1995)
Responses of Macrodactylus spp. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) and other insects to food attractant in Tlaxcala and Jalisco, Mexico
Florida Entomologist 78 (1), 56-61
Abstract: The effects of a food attractant [trinary mixture of hexanoic acid, valeric acid and octyl butyrate (1:1:1)] were evaluated in a trapping trial for scarab beetles in the Mexican states of Tlaxcala and Jalisco. This mixture was highly attractive to Macrodactylus nigripes Bates in Tlaxcala and M. murinus Bates in Jalisco, capturing a mean of 50.2 and 84 individuals per trap per sampling date, respectively. In addition, all other insects which were taken at the traps were identified to family and classified by feeding habits. Only one non-scarabeid species appeared to be attracted to the baited traps, i.e. Apis mellifera L.; all other insect families averaged less than one individual per trap.
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Database assignments for author(s): Juan Cibrian-Tovar, Roger N. Williams

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
pheromones/attractants/traps

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Macrodactylus (genus)
	Macrodactylus nigripes	Maize/corn (Zea mays)	Mexico
	Macrodactylus murinus	Maize/corn (Zea mays)	Mexico