• Title of article

    Associated Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) with the cotton mealybug Phenacoccus solenopsis (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in the southwestern Iran

  • Author/Authors

    Tamoli Torfi, Ebrahim Department of Plant Protection - College of Agriculture - Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran , Rasekh, Arash Department of Plant Protection - College of Agriculture - Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran , Moravvej, Abbas Department of Plant Protection - College of Agriculture - Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran , Mossadegh, Mohammad Saeed Department of Plant Protection - College of Agriculture - Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran , Rajabpoor, Ali Department of Plant Protection - Faculty of Agriculture - Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University of Khuzestan, Mollasani, Ahvaz, Iran

  • Pages
    11
  • From page
    129
  • To page
    139
  • Abstract
    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.
  • Keywords
    southwestern Iran , Khuzestan province , parasitoids , Chalcidoidea , Phenacoccus solenopsis
  • Journal title
    Journal of Crop Protection
  • Serial Year
    2020
  • Record number

    2703644