Harrison J du G, Wingfield M J
Department of Zoology and Entomology,University of Pretoria,Pretoria 0002,South Africa.
Forestry and Agriculture Biotechnology Research Institute (FABI),University of Pretoria,Pretoria 0002,South Africa.
Bull Entomol Res. 2016 Apr;106(2):141-53. doi: 10.1017/S0007485315000565. Epub 2015 Sep 16.
Integrated pest management (IPM) is difficult to implement when one knows little about the pest complex or species causing the damage in an agricultural system. To implement IPM on Sub-Saharan African melolonthine pests access to taxon specific knowledge (their identity) and what is known (their biology) of potential pest species is a crucial step. What is known about Sub-Saharan African melolonthine white grubs and chafers has not yet been amalgamated, and this review thus synthesizes all available literature for the Region. The comprehensive nature of the review highlights pest taxon trends within African melolonthines. To facilitate the retrieval of this information for IPM purposes, all relevant taxonomic and biological information is provided for the taxa covered including an on-line supplementary annotated-checklist of taxon, crop, locality and reference(s). Based on the literature reviewed, recommendations are made to promote effective and efficient management of African melolonthine scarab pests. An on-line supplementary appendix provides a list of specialists, useful internet resources, keys, catalogues and sampling methods for the larvae and adults of melolonthine scarab beetles for subsequent morphological or molecular work.
当人们对农业系统中造成损害的害虫复合体或物种了解甚少时，综合虫害管理（IPM）就难以实施。要对撒哈拉以南非洲的鳃角金龟科害虫实施综合虫害管理，获取特定分类群的知识（它们的身份）以及已知的潜在害虫物种信息（它们的生物学特性）是关键的一步。目前尚未整合关于撒哈拉以南非洲鳃角金龟科蛴螬和金龟子的已知信息，因此本综述综合了该地区所有可得的文献。综述的全面性突出了非洲鳃角金龟科内的害虫分类群趋势。为便于出于综合虫害管理目的检索这些信息，针对所涵盖的分类群提供了所有相关的分类学和生物学信息，包括一份在线补充注释清单，列出了分类群、作物、地点及参考文献。基于所查阅的文献，提出了促进有效且高效管理非洲鳃角金龟科金龟子害虫的建议。一份在线补充附录提供了专家名单、有用的互联网资源、检索表、目录以及鳃角金龟科金龟子幼虫和成虫的采样方法，以供后续进行形态学或分子研究使用。
