KOLONI SEMUT Myopopone castanea SMITH (hymenoptera : formicidae) SEBAGAI PREDATOR Oryctes Rhinoceros L. (coleoptera: scarabaidae) PADA ONGGOKAN BATANG SAWIT DI LABORATORIUM
Author(s) -
Rini Susanti,
Darma Bakti,
MARHENI MARHENI
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
jurnal pertanian tropik/jurnal online pertanian tropik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2655-7576
pISSN - 2356-4725
DOI - 10.32734/jpt.v4i2.3086
Subject(s) - rhinoceros , predator , hymenoptera , biology , pest analysis , predation , ecology , forestry , botany , zoology , geography
Ants are one potential predator of O. rhinoceros L. (Coleoptera: Scarabaidae). The purpose of this study wasto determine the ants of colony Mypoponae castanea as predators of the palm stem borer O. rhinoceros(Coleoptera: Scarabaidae) on a pile of oil palm trunk in the laboratory. This research was conducted at theLaboratory of Pest Plant of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Sumatra Utara, Medan (± 25 m abovesea level). This research was conducted in November 2014 to Agustus 2015. The results showed a colony ofM. castanea had one queen with 5-6 male ants and 60-70 worker ants in the laboratory.
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