Tamoli Torfi E, Rasekh A, Moravvej S A, Mossadegh M S, Rajabpoor A. Associated Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) with the cotton mealybug Phenacoccus solenopsis (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in the southwestern Iran. JCP 2020; 9 (1) :129-139
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1- Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran.
2- Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran. , arashrasekh@gmail.com
3- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University of Khuzestan, Mollasani, Ahvaz, Iran.
Abstract: (3201 Views)
Eleven species of Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) belonging to Aphelinidae, Encyrtidae, Eriaporidae and Signiphoridae associated with the cotton mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) were collected and identified during 2017-2018 from Khuzestan province in the southwestern Iran. Prochiloneurus rex (Girault) (Encyrtidae) is new record for the fauna of Iran. Meanwhile, biological associations of Bothriothorax serratellus (Dalman), Leptomastix dactylopii Howard and L. mayri Özdikmen (Encyrtidae) as parasitoids and Marietta picta (André), P. rex and Chartocerus kurdjumovi (Nikolskaya) (Signiphoridae) as hyperparasitoids of Ph. solenopsis were new.
Article Type:
Original Research |
Subject:
Insect Physiology Received: 2019/06/18 | Accepted: 2019/08/26 | Published: 2019/12/27