Gesunde Pflanzen (2011) 63, 27-32

Frank Burghause and Manuela Schmitt (2011)
Monitoringergebnisse der Schnellkäfergattung Agriotes (Elateridae, Coleoptera) in den Jahren 2008 bis 2010 in Rheinland-Pfalz
[Monitoring of the clickbeetle genus Agriotes (Elateridae, Coleoptera) in Rhineland-Palatinate in the years 2008 to 2010]
Gesunde Pflanzen 63 (1), 27-32
Abstract: During the years 2008 to 2010 beetles of the genus Agriotes were monitored by means of pheromone traps in Rhineland-Palatinate. Each trap contained the female sexual pheromone of either Agriotes obscurus, A. sordidus, A. lineatus, A. sputator, or A. ustulatus. Beetles of these species could be caught, additionally also specimens of the species A. gallicus, A. acuminatus, and A. pilosellus. Specimens of A. brevis and A. proximus could not be caught, not even in traps with pheromones according to their species. The high frequency of A. sputator in the Upper Rhine Valley and mild river valleys was surprising. This might be an explanation for the increasing damages especially in potatoes during the past seven years. Also the species A. ustulatus occurred mainly in the Rhine Valley. The species A. obscurus was found predominantly in higher altitudes, A. lineatus and A. sputator appeared in the whole area, with varying frequencies. In all, we could determine the composition of Agriotes-species in 27 fields. In two fields traps were exposed in two subsequent years, in one field in three years. The changes in the populations are shown. The beetles collected in some fields were compared with the according wireworms.
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(original language: German)
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Database assignments for author(s): Frank Burghause

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
surveys/sampling/distribution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Agriotes lineatus		Germany
	Agriotes obscurus		Germany
	Agriotes sputator		Germany
	Agriotes ustulatus		Germany
	Agriotes brevis		Germany
	Agriotes sordidus		Germany
	Agriotes pilosellus		Germany
	Agriotes proximus		Germany