Two systemic neonicotinoids, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam, are widely used for residual control of several insect pests in cotton (Gossypium spp.), vegetables, and citrus (Citrus spp.). We evaluated their impact on six species of beneficial arthropods, including four parasitoid species--Aphytis melinus Debach, Gonatocerus ashmeadi Girault, Eretmocerus eremicus Rose & Zolnerowich, and Encarsia ...

Wolbachia pipientis are intracellular endosymbionts that induce parthenogenesis in the parasitoid Encarsia formosa. Previous studies that focused on effects of Wolbachia on the wasp usually used tetracycline to remove Wolbachia without concern for the joint influences of tetracycline and Wolbachia. Here we treated the wasps (F0 lines) with tetracycline to produce offspring (F1 lines) which were...

Insecticides are the most commonly used tactic to control western flower thrips (WFT), Frankliniella occidentalis Pergande (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), on greenhouse cucumber. However, WFT has developed resistance to several of the insecticides presently in use. In addition, some of these insecticides adversely affect greenhouse biological control agents used to control WFT, resulting in subseque...

the side-effects of amitraz, buprofezin and propargite were studied on encarsia formosa (gahan)in the laboratory, using a life table response experiment and the iobc system for their toxicity. bioassayswere conducted by dipping bean leaves containing third instar nymphs of the whitefly trialeurodesvaporariorum (westwood), parasitized by e. formosa, in insecticide solutions or caging adult paras...

Two new species of Encarsia Förster (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) are described from China, Encarsia floralis Wang, Huang & Polaszek, sp. nov. and Encarsia maculiformis Wang, Huang & Polaszek, sp. nov., and the male of Encarsia plana Viggiani & Ren (1987) is newly described.