Abstract:
Dates (Phoenix dactylifera L.) belong to the Arecaceae family of palms. Banjarbaru is one of the areas
that started planting date palms in South Kalimantan. The community's knowledge of date pests still
lacks. Therefore it becomes a problem for farmers. Before proper control is carried out, it is necessary
to understand the types of pests first. Arthropod data on date palms at the Plantation and Livestock
Service Office of South Kalimantan Province are not available. Hence, it is necessary to conduct
inventory research and arthropod identification. This study aimed to determine the types of arthropods
in date palms (P. dactylifera L.) in Banjarbaru. The method used was a survey method with purposive
sampling carried out by collecting arthropods using swing nets, yellow sticky traps, and directly
observation from four different locations. The field observations at four locations found 43 types of
arthropods totaling 98 individuals. Twenty arthropods act as pests, 13 individuals as pollinators, and
10 individuals as predators. The arthropods were classified into ten orders and 27 families, with the
largest number of individuals coming from the Lepidoptera order.
Keywords: arthropods, Arecaceae, dates, identification, inventory
