title: Efficiency of colored modified box traps for sampling of tabanids.
abstract: 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 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, J.J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Cara Hadrijana 8/A, HR-31000 Osijek, Croatia.
authors.forename: Stjepan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Krčmar
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, J.J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Trg Lj. Gaja 6, HR-31000 Osijek, Croatia.
authors.forename: Vanja
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Radolić
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, J.J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Cara Hadrijana 8/A, HR-31000 Osijek, Croatia.
authors.forename: Petar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lajoš
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, J.J. Strossmayer University of Osijek, Trg Lj. Gaja 6, HR-31000 Osijek, Croatia.
authors.forename: Igor
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lukačević
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D003116:Color; D017523:Croatia; D004175:Diptera / Q000502:physiology; D004867:Equipment Design; D007300:Insect Control / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013045:Species Specificity