Abstract

LUGO-GARCIA, G. Antonio et al. White grubs species (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae) associated with sesame (Sesamun indicum L.) crops in Sinaloa, México. Agrociencia [online]. 2017, vol.51, n.7, pp.799-811. ISSN 2521-9766.

In order to identify Melolonthidae species (white grubs) associated with sesame (Sesamun indicum L.) crops and their seasonal distribution, monthly harvests of larvae were carried out in El Fuerte, Sinaloa, México. The samples were taken from 30x30x30 cm soil sections: the adult larvae were captured using a black light trap, installed on a 3 ha lot used for rainfed agriculture sesame, during the 2012 agricultural cycle. Two-hundred sixty-five larvae were harvested from the soil, representing five subfamilies, six tribes, seven genera, and fifteen species of the Melolonthidae, Cetoniidae, and Hyborsoridae families. Hybosorus illigueri Reiche, Ligyrus sallei (Bates), and Euphoria leucographa Gory and Percheron saprophagous larvae coexists in the crops with the larvae of four Phyllophaga species, and two Paranomala species, which have the potential to damage the roots of sesame crop and coexist with six species of the Cyclocephala, Cotinis, and Euphoria genera; the last three are considered beneficial for the soil. Seventeen Melolonthidae species where captured in the light trap. Oxygrylius ruginasus was the prevalent species and they were more abundant in July and August, during the rain season at Sinaloa.

Keywords : melolonthidae; white grub; sesame.

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