“IDENTIFICACIÓN TAXONÓMICA Y DINÁMICA POBLACIONAL DE LAS ESPECIES DE CRISOPAS PRESENTES EN EL CULTIVO DE LIMÓN (Citrus aurantiifolia L.) EN LA PARROQUIA AYACUCHO DEL CANTÓN SANTA ANA”

Abstract

GIVEN THE IMPORTANCE OF THE LEMON CROP (CITRUS AURANTIIFOLIA L.) FOR THE SUBSISTENCE OF MANY FAMILIES, THE INAPPROPRIATE USE OF PESTICIDES HAS INCREASED, CAUSING BIOLOGICAL IMBALANCES IN THE FLORA AND FAUNA, AND RESISTANCE IN CERTAIN PESTS, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO CONTROL THEM. BIOLOGICAL CONTROL EMERGES AS A PROMISING TOOL FOR THE CONTROL OF THE DIFFERENT PESTS THAT ATTACK THIS CROP, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT ITS GREAT GENETIC VARIABILITY, ITS ADAPTABILITY TO DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS AND ITS RESISTANCE TO THE MOST COMMONLY USED INSECTICIDES FOR ITS CONTROL. DURING THE PERIOD SEPTEMBER 2019-MARCH 2020 THE PRESENT RESEARCH WAS CARRIED OUT, WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF TAXONOMICALLY EVALUATING THE SPECIES OF LACEWINGS PRESENT IN THE LEMON CROP OF THE AYACUCHO PARISH OF THE SANTA ANA CANTON. THE ZIGZAG METHODOLOGY WAS USED FOR SAMPLE COLLECTION, 5 SAMPLES WERE TAKEN AND THE SPECIMENS WERE PLACED IN 70% ALCOHOL. THE PRE-IDENTIFICATION OF THE CHRYSOPIDAE FAMILY WAS CARRIED OUT IN THE AGROCALIDAD LABORATORY BY MEANS OF GENITALIA. A TOTAL OF 54 INDIVIDUALS OF CHRYSOPIDAE WERE COLLECTED, REGISTERING 3 GENERA AND 4 SPECIES OF CHRYSOPIDAE (NEUROPTERA) - CERAEOCHRYSA SP. CERAEOCHRYSA CUBANA (HAGEN, 1861), LEUCOCHRYSA (NODITA) SP. AND CHRYSOPERLA SP. (HAGEN, 1861). THE MOST PREDOMINANT SPECIES WAS CERAEOCHRYSA CUBANA (HAGEN, 1861), OBTAINING A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF 80% OF RELATIVE ABUNDANCE