UPDATING NOMINATION OF THE PARASITOIDS OF PINK HIBISCUS MEALYBUG, MACONELLICOCCUS HIRSUTUS (HOMOPTERA: PSEUDOCOCCIDAE) IN EGYPT | ||||
Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research | ||||
Article 4, Volume 83, Issue 3, September 2005, Page 1135-1139 PDF (123.69 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/ejar.2005.247532 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
SHAABAN ABD-RABOU; AHMED S. HENDAWY | ||||
Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt | ||||
Abstract | ||||
This study was carried out to update the nominations of Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green) (Homoptera: Pseudoccocidae) parasitoids in Egypt. Eight primary parasitoids and five hyperparasitoids associated with the pest were collected. Four parasitoids and three hyperparasitoids were corrected and reidentified. The new list are: Primary parasitoids: 1. Allotropa sp. 2. Anagyrus kamali Moursi 3. Clausenia josefi Rosen 4. Gyranusoida indica Shafee, Alam and Agarwal 5. Leptomastidea abnormis (Girault) 6. Leptomastix algirica Trjaptizin 7. Leptomastix nigrocoxalisCompere 8. Rhopus nigiriclavus (Girault) Hyperparasitoids: 1. Chartocerus subaeneus (Foerster) 2. Marietta leopardina (Mot.) 3. Pachyneuron sp. 4. Prochiloneurus aegyptiacus (Mercet ) 5. Prochiloneurus annulatus (Ferriere) | ||||
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