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
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
