Hymenptrous parasitoids as a bioagents for controlling maybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in Egypt | ||
| Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences. A, Entomology | ||
| Article 22, Volume 5, Issue 3, December 2012, Pages 183-192 PDF (156.1 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/eajbsa.2012.14280 | ||
| Author | ||
| Attia A. R. | ||
| Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| A wide range of parasitoids are found attacking the mealybug species belonging to families namely Aphelinidae, Encyrtidae, Platygastridae, and Signiphoridae. A list of 26 species of parasitoids were recorded attacking the different species of mealybug; 20 species belong to family Encyrtidae, and one species from Platygastridae are primary parasitoids. The rest of parasitoids (5 species) are secondary parasitoids which belong to the families; Aphelinidae,Encyrtidae, Pteromalidae, Signiphoridae and iInformation about host insects, host plants, distribution, biological notes and role in the biological control for mealybug’ parasitoids were recorded in this paper. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Hymenptrous parasitoids; mealybugs; Egypt | ||
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