DISTRIBUTION OF THE PARASITOID, COMPERIELLA LIMINISTACA (HYMENOPTERA: ENCYRTIDAE) IN EGYPT WITH EMPHASIS ON THE EGYPTIAN OASES | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research | ||
| Article 4, Volume 88, Issue 1, March 2010, Pages 41-47 PDF (509.9 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejar.2010.180206 | ||
| Authors | ||
| SHAABAN ABD-RABOU; MONA MOSTAFA | ||
| Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The encyrtid parasitoid, Comperiella lemniscata Compere and Annecke (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) which attacks armored scale insects. Samples were collected from different locations in Egypt as well as the Egyptian Oases. Results indicated that the parasitoid, C. lemniscata is recorded in 6 localities of 5 governorates in Egypt. The present work also dealt with the distribution of this species in the Egyptian Oases, results recorded the parasitoid in 7 localities of 4 oases. Maps of the distribution of aforementioned parasitoid were provided. | ||
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