Peña & Bennett: Annona Arthropods 329 ARTHROPODS ASSOCIATED WITH ANNONA SPP. IN THE NEOTROPICS

The genus Annona is confined almost entirely to tropical and subtropical America and the Caribbean region (Safford 1914). Edible species include Annona muricata L. (soursop), A. squamosa L. (sugar apple), A. cherimola Mill. (cherimoya), and A. reticulata L. (custard apple). Each geographical region has its own distinctive pest fauna, composed of indigenous and introduced species (Bennett & Alam 1985, Brathwaite et al. 1986, Brunner et al. 1975, D’Araujo et al. 1968, Medina-Gaud et al. 1989, Peña et al. 1984, Posada 1989, Venturi 1966). These reports place emphasis on the broader aspects of pest species. Some recent regional reviews of the status of important pests and their control have been published in Puerto Rico, U.S.A., Colombia, Venezuela, the Caribbean Region and Chile (Medina-Gaud et al. 1989, Bustillo & Peña 1992, Peña et al. 1984, Gutierrez & Trochez 1977, Venturi 1966, Anonymous 1989). There is no contemporary published summary of Neotropical arthropods of Annona spp.. This list is offered as a contribution to an understanding of the arthropod fauna of Annona spp. in the Neotropics. In the following checklist, distributional information is given for each arthropod. The checklist was compiled from collections of arthropods by the authors in Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, and Dominican Republic, by summarizing the reports from several publications (Venturi 1966, Gutierrez & Trochez 1977, Medina-Gaud et al. 1989, Marin 1973, D’Araujo et al. 1968, Bennett & Alam 1985, Alata 1973, Anguita 1990,