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Efficiency of colored modified box traps for sampling of tabanids

The efficiency of ten differently colored modified box traps for collecting tabanids was studied in the Monjoroš Forest in Eastern Croatia. A total of 5, 436 specimens belonging to 16 species of tabanids grouped into six genera were collected. The genus Tabanus was the most represented with 98% of all collected tabanids. Tabanus bromius comprised 90% of tabanids collected, and was the most abundant species collected in all box traps. The majority of tabanids 74% were collected from black, brown, bordeaux, red and blue traps (dark group), whereas 26% were collected from green, light violet, white, orange and yellow traps (light group). The black modified box trap was the most successful and collected 20% of all collected tabanids, whereas the yellow trap was the least effective with 1%. The number of collected specimens of species T. bromius differed significantly between the dark and light group of traps. Traps with lower reflectance from green color collected 77% of T. bromius. The most species of tabanids (12) was collected in the brown trap, whereas the least number of species (6) was collected in the yellow trap.

dptera ; tabanidae ; box trap ; color

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