Parasitoids and hyperparasitoids associated with Ceroplastes sinensis Guer (Hem.: Coccidae) in Mazandaran province, Iran

Document Type : Short communication, Persian

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1 Entomology Department of Plant Protection, Genetic and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute of Tabarestan (GABIT), Sari Agricultural Science and Natural Resources University, Box 578, Iran.

2 Associate Professor of Entomology Department of Plant Protection Sari Agricultural Science and Natural Resources University

Abstract

We conducted a study to identify the parasitoid and hyperparasitoid waspsofCeroplastes sinensisonHedera helix L. in Mazandarn province in 2013. Primary parasitoid wasps were identified as the aphelinid species Aphytis hispanicus (Mercet, 1912) and Coccophagus lycimnia (Walker, 1839), the encyrtid Microterys nietneri (Motschulsky, 1859) and a hyperparasitoid wasp was identified as Pachyneuron muscarum (Linnaeus, 1758) (Pteromalidae) from Juybar. The species Metastenus concinnus (Walker, 1834) (Pteromalidae) and Isodromus flaviscutum (Hoffer & Trjapitzin, 1978) (Encyrtidae) were found to be parasitoids of the natural enemies of C. sinensis from Juybar. I. flaviscutum is newly recorded from Iran. 

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