New plant associations for Monalonion velezangeli (Hemiptera: Miridae) in green urban areas of Bogotá (Colombia)

Abstract

Nuevas asociaciones de plantas para Monalonion velezangeli (Hemiptera: Miridae) en áreas verdes urbanas de Bogotá (Colombia)Valentina RESUMENMonalonion velezangeli Carvalho and Costa (Hemiptera: Miridae) es un mírido polífago reconocido como una de las especies plaga más importantes del café y el aguacate en regiones rurales de Colombia. M. velezangeli es reportado por primera vez en áreas verdes urbanas en la cordillera de los Andes en la ciudad de Bogotá (Colombia). Los especímenes fueron recolectados en ocho especies de árboles plantados en la ciudad, de los cuales cinco representan nuevas asociaciones de M. velezangeli. La especie Schinus molle L. (Anacardiaceae) es por primera vez reportada como nueva planta hospedera afectada por M. velezangeli bajo las condiciones urbanas.Palabras clave: árboles urbanos, ecosistema urbano, fitófago, míridos.Monalonion Herrich-Schaeffer is a genus of the subfamily Bryocorinae (tribe Monaloniini) with Neotropical distribution (Namyatova et al., 2016), which comprises 16 valid species (Schuh, 2002; Schuh, 2013). In Colombia, there are six recorded species (Distant, 1917; Schuh, 2002;Giraldo and Benavides, 2012; Schuh, 2013), although a detailed survey of those present in the country and their distributions has never been carried out. Monalonion species from Colombia, known exclusively from rural areas, are: M. annulipes Signoret, M. atratum Distant, M. columbiensis Carvalho, M. dissimulatum Distant, M. itabunensis Carvalho, and M. velezangeli Carvalho

Diversity of bacterial symbionts associated with the tropical plant bug Monalonion velezangeli (Hemiptera: Miridae) revealed by high-throughput 16S rRNA sequencing.

“…Diversity and functional characterization of symbiotic microbiota in Miridae plant bugs have been poorly studied, except for the strictly phytophagous cotton fleahopper Pseudatomoscelis seriatus [38] and the omnivorous Adelphocoris suturalis [39,40] to our knowledge. We consider M. velezangeli as a strict phytophagous insect based on the reports of host plant species identified for this plant bug [22][23][24], the lack of reports of other feeding habits and the fact that all known members of the mirid subfamily Bryocorinae are herbivorous as well [41,42].…”

“…The plant bug Monalonion velezangeli (Hemiptera: Miridae: Bryocorinae) is a neotropical polyphagous insect in the infraorder Cimicomorpha native to Central and South America. This insect feeds on 21 plant species in 14 families [22][23][24] and it is considered a notorious agricultural pest in cacao (Theobroma cacao, Malvaceae); avocado (Persea americana, Lauraceae) [25,26]; guava (Psidium guava, Myrtaceae); and tea (Camellia sinensis, Theaceae). Monalonion velezangeli is also an emerging pest for coffee crops in Colombia, specially in the southern coffee-producing regions of the country [27].…”

Diversity of bacterial symbionts associated with the tropical plant bug Monalonion velezangeli (Hemiptera: Miridae) revealed by high-throughput 16SrRNA sequencing.

“…Diversity and functional characterization of symbiotic microbiota in Miridae plant bugs have been poorly studied, except for the strictly phytophagous cotton fleahopper Pseudatomoscelis seriatus (Fu et al 2021) and the omnivorous Adelphocoris suturalis (Xue et al 2021;Luo et al 2021) to our knowledge. We consider M. velezangeli as a strict phytophagous insect based on the reports of host plant species identified for this plant bug (Giraldo J. and Benavides M. 2012; Rodas et al 2014;Ocampo Flórez et al 2018), the lack of reports of other feeding habits and the fact that all known members of the mirid subfamily Bryocorinae are herbivorous as well (Jung and Lee 2012;Namyatova and Cassis 2016).…”

“…The plant bug Monalonion velezangeli (Hemiptera: Miridae: Bryocorinae) is a neotropical polyphagous insect in the infraorder Cimicomorpha native to Central and South America. This insect feeds on 21 plant species in 14 families (Giraldo J. and Benavides M. 2012;Rodas et al 2014;Ocampo Flórez et al 2018) and it is considered a notorious agricultural pest in cacao (Theobroma cacao, Malvaceae); avocado (Persea americana, Lauraceae) (Jaimes et al 2015;Ramírez-Gil et al 2019); guava (Psidium guava, Myrtaceae); and tea (Camellia sinensis, Theaceae). Monalonion velezangeli is also an emerging pest for coffee crops in Colombia, specially in the southern coffee-producing regions of the country (Ramirez C. et al 2008).…”

Diversity of bacterial symbionts associated with the tropical plant bug Monalonion velezangeli (Hemiptera: Miridae) revealed by high-throughput 16SrRNA sequencing.

“…The plant bug Monalonion velezangeli (Hemiptera: Miridae: Bryocorinae) is a neotropical polyphagous insect in the infraorder Cimicomorpha native to Central and South America. This insect feeds on 21 plant species in 14 families (Giraldo J. and Benavides M. 2012;Rodas et al 2014;Ocampo Flórez et al 2018) and it is considered a notorious agricultural pest in cacao (Theobroma cacao, Malvaceae); avocado (Persea americana, Lauraceae) (Jaimes et al 2015;Ramírez-Gil et al 2019); guava (Psidium guava, Myrtaceae); and tea (Camellia sinensis, Theaceae). Monalonion velezangeli is also an emerging pest for coffee crops in Colombia, specially in the southern coffee-producing regions of the country (Ramirez C. et al 2008).…”