Anagyrus brevifuniculus Zu & Li, sp. nov., A. maculistigmus Zu & Li, sp. nov. and A. pseudobicolor Zu & Li, sp. nov. are described; A. tricolor (Girault) is newly recorded from the Palaearctic region and A. matritensis (Mercet) from China. New distributional data for A. fusciventris (Girault) and A. jenniferae Noyes & Hayat are also provided.

This is the first major contribution to the fauna of the family Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The following new genus and 15 new species are described: Anagyrus azolus Hayat, sp. nov., A. raidahensis Hayat, sp. nov., Arabencyrtus qahtanii Hayat, gen. et sp. nov., Cerchysiella arabia Hayat, sp. nov., C. azeeza Hayat, sp. nov., Cheiloneurus arabiacus Hayat...

the ovipositiomil behaviour and success of anagyrus pseudococci (girault), an encyrtid endoparasitoid of mealybugs, planococcus citri (risso) and pseudococcus affinis (mask.) were studied in the laboratory. behavioural sequences during oviposition starting from the searching for the host to the post-oviposition activities were described. once encountered, the mealybug host was examined and ...

The ant Oecophylla longinoda Latreille forms a trophobiotic relationship with the invasive mealybug Rastrococus iceryoides Green and promotes the latter's infestations to unacceptable levels in the presence of their natural enemies. In this regard, the antagonistic interactions between the ant and the parasitoid Anagyrus pseudococci Girault were assessed under laboratory conditions. The percent...

the specimens of the mealybug peliococcus kimmericus (kiritshenko) were collected on lactuca serriola l. from different parts of the fars province, iran. four parasitoid wasps, anagyrus orbitalis (ruschka), leptomastix histrio mayr, cheiloneurus kollari (mayr) and c. paralia (walker) (hym.: encyrtidae), were reared from this mealybug and the identifications confirmed by dr zhihong xu. the relat...

the pink hibiscus mealybug maconellicoccus hirsutus (green) (hemiptera: pseudococcidae) is a serious economic pest in tropical and subtropical regions and causes damage to many agricultural, forestry and greenhouse crops. in order to identify the natural enemies of this pest, bi-weekly samplings were done in infested areas of ahvaz, located at southwest iran during 2011-2012. samples were also ...

Production and characterization of films from nanocomposite coating of sunflower seeds Andriele Mendonça Barbosa, Klebson Silva Santos, Malone Santos Pinheiro, Isabelle Souza de Mélo Silva, Flávia Manuella Ribeiro de Mendonça, Fernando Mendonça Diz , Luzia Nilda Tabosa Andrade , Resende Yane Tainara Menezes , Rafaela Andrade Fonseca , Juliana Cordeiro Cardoso, Maria Lucila Hernandez Macedo , Fr...

The hibiscus mealybug, Maconellicoccus hirsutus Green, was first reported in the Caribbean in 1994 in Grenada. This was the first record of the insect as a major pest in the New World. By the beginning of 2001, the pest had spread to over 25 territories from Guyana and Venezuela in the South to Bahamas in the North. The pest has also extended its distribution to Central America (Belize) and Nor...