COCCOPHAGUS OCHRACEUS HOWARD (HYMENOPTERA : APHELINIDAE), A NEW RECORDED PARASITOID OF THE SOFT SCALE INSECT, PULVINARIA TENUIVALVATA (NEWSTEAD) (HOMOPTEFtA : COCCIDAE) ON SUGAR CANE, SACCHARUM OFFICINARUML IN EGYPT | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research | ||
| Article 5, Volume 84, Issue 2, June 2006, Pages 349-354 PDF (1.47 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejar.2006.230302 | ||
| Authors | ||
| SHABAN ABD-RABOU; SAADIA A. ABD-EL-SAMEA | ||
| Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The newly recorded species, Coccophagus ochraceus Howard (Hymenoptera : Aphelinidae) is redescribed and compared with C scutellaris (Dalman). The two species parasitize the soft scale insect, Pulvinalia tenuiyalvata (Newstead) (Homoptera : Coccidae) on sugar cane, Saccharum offlanarum L. in Qena, Egypt. Diagnosis and illustrations of the two parasitoid species are provided. | ||
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