Pest populations of the cassava mealybug Phenacoccus manihoti Mat.-Ferr. (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) were reduced successfully by the biological control agent Apoanagyrus (Epidinocarsis) lopezi De Santis (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) throughout most of sub-Saharan Africa. The economics of the project were evaluated based on data from field trials, socio-economic surveys, published results, and fina...

A survey was conducted in Iran, on xylophagous beetles, to collect and determine their associated chalcidoid parasitoids (Hym.: Chalcidoidea). Nineteen species of parasitoids are recorded. These species are from 6 families: Chalcididae, Encyrtidae, Eulophidae, Eupelmidae, Eurytomidae and Pteromalidae belong 4, 1, 1, 2, 4 and 7 species, respectively. Five species were discovered as new record fo...

Bu çalışma, 2015-2016 yıllarında Iğdır, Ağrı ve Van illeri (Türkiye) hububat alanlarında Süne Eurygaster spp. (Hemiptera: Scutelleridae)’nin yumurta parazitoiti Trissolcus Ashmead, 1893 (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) türlerini belirlemek amacıyla yürütülmüştür. paketleri zararlının yoğun olarak görüldüğü ekiliş toplanmıştır. Toplanan yumurtaları plastik tüp içerisine konularak 25±1 °C sıcaklık % 65...

Among the plant diversity of Cerrado, genus Copaifera is commonly associated with galling insects. Here, we expand knowledge about insect galls on sabulicola J.A.S Costa & L.P. Queiroz (Fabaceae) by characterizing their occurrence in a stricto sensu vegetation area Brazilian Western Bahia, Brazil throughout year. We randomly sampled 60 branches (50 cm long) from individuals C. sabulicola, April...

The southern green stink bug Nezara viridula (Linnaeus) is a polyphagous species that causes economic damages to many crops in Bulgaria. aim of this study was identify the parasitoid could suppress populations viridula. A lot agricultural were inspected region Plovdiv, Bulgaria, for presence egg parasitoids and imaginal pest. Egg masses adults collected during field surveys 2019-2021 Southern o...