Table 7. Predatory artropods in oil palm plantations in Tropical America.

Predator Pest Site* Reference**
ARANAEIDAE
Gasteracantha cancriformis Stenoma cecropia Aguirre, C.R. 1
Mangora sp.
Leucage mariana Peleopoda sp. Coto, C.R. 1
Plesioneta argyra S. cecropia
CLUBIONIDAE
Unidentified species Opsiphanes cassina Coto 1
SALTICIDAE
sp 1 O. cassina Coto 1
Saliana sp.
sp 2 S. cecropia Aguirre 1
PENTATOMIDAE
Alcaeorrhynchus grandis O. cassina Atlántida, Hond. 1
Dallas Automeris
Mormidea ypsilon F. Euclea sp. Aguirre 2
O. cassina
S. cecropia Aguirre 1
Talima sp.
Sibine fusca Stoll Parrita, C.R. 1
Podisus sp. O. cassina Aguirre 1
S. cecropia
Podisus sp. Sibine sp. Chiriquí, Pan. 2
Proxys sp. Sibine sp. 2
CHRYSOPIDAE
Chrysopa sp. áfidos Coto, Quepos 1
escamas
COCCINELLIDAE
Coccinella sp. Aspidiotus destructor Coto, Quepos 2
Signal
ICTERIDAE
Psaracolices monctezuma O. cassina Coto, Quepos, 1
Quiascalus mexicanus C.R., Atlantida 1

     * C.R.= Costa Rica; Hond.= Honduras; Pan.= Panamá
** 1= Mexzón y Chinchilla 1992; 2= Reporte by the authors.