Parasitoids and predators associated with scale insects and mealybugs (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) on fruit trees at coastal area in Egyptian western desert

S., Moursi K.; A., Mesbah, H.; S., Abdel-Fattah R.; S., Abd-Rabou; A., El-Sayed N.; A., Boulabiad M.A

doi:10.21608/eajbsa.2012.13872

Parasitoids and predators associated with scale insects and mealybugs (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) on fruit trees at coastal area in Egyptian western desert

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Alexandria, Egypt.

² Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture (Saba Basha), Alexandria University, Egypt

³ Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Alexandria, Egypt

⁴ Faculty of Agriculture, Omar El-Mokhtar Univ., Libya

10.21608/eajbsa.2012.13872

Abstract

In the present investigation, many insect parasitoids and predators were recorded associated with scale insects and mealybugs (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) on the eleven species of deciduous and evergreen fruit trees in six localities at the Western North Coast of Egypt during December 2007- February 2010. Eighteen parasitoid species of superfamily Chalcidoidaea belonging to five families and ten genera were collected. Eleven species of insect predators were found to be associated with scale insects and mealybugs which attacking fruit tree species during the period of study. These species belonging to four orders, Coleoptera, Hemiptera, Mantodea and Neuroptera.

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