Surveys on Plant-Parasitic Microarthropods in Southeast Asia

1993年8月在巴拉望进行了调查，共采集到蚧总科约100种，缨翅目约60种，卷蛾科约40种，采叶小鳞翅目约100种。1994年8月在民都洛岛和巴丹半岛进行调查，采集到蚧总科约80种，缨翅目约40种，卷蛾科约20种，采叶小鳞翅目约80种。这些昆虫标本已全部送到日本的实验室进行研究，第一批论文将于1995年发表。在调查之前，这些昆虫类群在菲律宾只有零星的记录。从不同的植物中采集到了大量的球孢子虫，特别是盾蚧科中发现了许多新属、新种，其中有些是比较奇特的。目前已发现的江蓠科鱼类约有150种，其中约一半为新种，全部由叶矿培育而成。所获得的卷叶蛾，虽然种类有限，但大多数是从幼虫繁殖而来，因此它们的寄主植物和习性是已知的;此外，它们大多是菲律宾的新品种。广泛分布的物种构成了所收集的蓟马的大部分，其寄主植物也是已知的。因此，信息的主机协会，不仅在分类学和进化研究，而且在害虫管理中有用的，已经积累了这些重要的经济微型节肢动物。菲律宾的植物群和动物群具有很高的特有性。尽管调查的时间和地点有限，但从地理、分类和进化的角度来看，菲律宾的一些昆虫类群，包括盾蚧和细蛾，值得进行大规模的研究。

In August, 1993, surveys were made in Palawan, and about 100 species of the Coccoidea, 60 species of the Thysanoptera, 40 species of the Tortricidae, and about 100 species of leaf-mining microlepidoptera were collected. In August, 1994, Mindoro and the Bataan Peninsula were selected for surveys, and the collections include about 80 species of the Coccoidea, 40 species of the Thysanoptera, 20 species of the Tortricidae, and about 80 species of leaf-mining microlepidoptera. The collections have all been brought to the laboratories in Japan for study, and first papers based on the collections will be published during 1995.Before the surveys these insect groups had been known only by fragmentary records in the Philippines. A good number of coccoid species were collected from diverse plants ; especially in the family Diaspididae, many new genera and new species have been found in the collection, and some of them are quite peculiar. About 150 species of the family Gracillariidae, all bred from leaf-mines, have been found, and about half of them are new species. The tortricid moths obtained, though limited in the number of species, were mostly bred from larvae, thus their host plants and habits are known ; further, they are mostly new to the Philippines. Wide-spread species form a large proportion of the thrips collected, of which the host plants are also known. Thus, information as to host association, useful not only in taxonomy and evolutionary study but also in pest management, has been accumulated in these economically important microarthropods. The flora and fauna of the Philippines enjoy high rates of endemism. In spite of the limited durations and localities the surveys have been successful in showing that the Philippine fauna of some insect groups including diaspidid scale insects and gracillariid moths are worthy of a large-scale study from the viewpoints of biogeography, taxonomy and evolution.