Archives of Biological Sciences 2013 Volume 65, Issue 3, Pages: 1053-1061
https://doi.org/10.2298/ABS1303053B
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Urban greenery aphids (Hemiptera, Aphididae)
Bennewicz Janina (Department of Zoology and Landscaping, Faculty of Animal Breeding and Biology, University of Technology and Life Sciences Bydgoszcz, Bydgoszcz, Poland)
Barczak Tadeusz (Department of Zoology and Landscaping, Faculty of Animal Breeding and Biology, University of Technology and Life Sciences Bydgoszcz, Bydgoszcz, Poland)
Korczyński Maciej (Department of Botany and Ecology, Faculty of Agriculture and Biotechnology, University of Technology and Life Sciences Bydgoszcz, Bydgoszcz, Poland)
In 2010-2011, a study of the occurrence of aphids was carried out in three
parks in Bydgoszcz, the Balaton Park, the Jan Kochanowski Park and the Park
by Unii Lubelskiej. Observations were made every ten days by monitoring trees
and shrubs as soon as aphids appeared, i.e. from the end of April to the
beginning of August. The counts of aphids were replicated three times, on
each plant species where the insects were observed. Based on the collected
material, 14 aphid species were found on 16 plant species in the Jan
Kochanowski Park, 16 species of aphids on 14 plant species in the Balaton
Park and in the Park by Unii Lubelskiej, only 12 species feeding on 16 plant
species. In both years of the study, of aphid species feeding on trees and
shrubs, Aphis fabae, Aphis sambuci, Aphis spiraephaga and Hyalopterus pruni,
occurred most frequently. The Balaton Park was characterized by the largest
number of aphids colonizing plants; in contrast, the number of tree and bush
species on which they fed was the lowest.
Keywords: communities, domination, aphid-plant relationships, urban environments