KOLONI SEMUT Myopopone castanea SMITH (hymenoptera : formicidae) SEBAGAI PREDATOR Oryctes Rhinoceros L. (coleoptera: scarabaidae) PADA ONGGOKAN BATANG SAWIT DI LABORATORIUM

Rini Susanti (Program Magister Agroekoteknologi Fakultas Pertanian USU Medan)
Darma Bakti (Departemen Pascasarjana Fakultas Pertanian USU Medan)
Marheni (Program Agroekoteknologi Magister Pertanian Fakultas Pertanian USU, Medan 20155)

PERTANIAN TROPIK
Vol. 4 No. 2 (2017): JURNAL PERTANIAN TROPIK

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.