NEW RECORD OF THE PARASITOID, COMPERIELLA LEMNISCATA COMPERE AND ANNECKE (HYMENOPTERA: ENCYRTIDAE) ON AONIDIELLA AURAN77I (HOMOPTERA: DIASPIDIDAE) ON GUAVA IN EGYPT

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt

Abstract

During the present work, the samples of guava leaves heavily infested by red scale, Aonickere moan& (Maskell) (Homoptera: Diaspididae) and associated with the parasitoid species at Giza in December, 2004 were collected. Preservation, isolation and identification of the parasitoid observerd, Comperiella lemniscata Compere and Annecke is recorded here as a first time in Egypt.