A Taxonomic Study of some Species Hyperparasitoids Attacking the Primary Parasitoid Microterysnietneri (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) of Coccus pseudomagnoliarum in Syria
Title A Taxonomic Study of some Species Hyperparasitoids Attacking the Primary Parasitoid Microterysnietneri (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) of Coccus pseudomagnoliarum in Syria.
Authors Alaa Turkey Saleh, Abdulnabi Mohamad Basheer 
Source title Arab Journal of Plant Protection
ISSN 2412-5407
Q Q4
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41(3):2023

Abstract The Citricola scale Coccus pseudomagnoliarum, (Kuwana) (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) is an economically important pest that occurs on citrus trees in the Syrian coast. The Samples of host insects and infested plant parts were collected during April to June 2016 and 2017 from two localities, (Al-Sanobar, Dabba) in Lattakia Country and they were taken to Biological Control Studies and Research Center (BCSRC). According to our data, Microterysnietneri (Motschulsky(     may play an important role as a biological control agent citricola scale, but high Hyperparasitoids levels reduce M. nietneri efficiency as a citricola scale parasitoid. The objectives of this study was to describe and identify the hyperparasitoids. The following parasitoids were determined with: Chalcidoidea: Encyrtidae: Cheiloneurus claviger (Thomson), Pteromalidae: Pachyneuronmuscarum (Linnaeus). Aphelinidae: Marietta leopardine (Motschulsky) (the first time in Syria). Photomicrographs are provided to illustrate morphological and morphometric characters of these species


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