COCCOPHAGUS OCHRACEUS HOWARD (HYMENOPTERA : APHELINIDAE), A NEW RECORDED PARASITOID OF THE SOFT SCALE INSECT, PULVINARIA TENUIVALVATA (NEWSTEAD) (HOMOPTEFtA : COCCIDAE) ON SUGAR CANE, SACCHARUM OFFICINARUML IN EGYPT

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

Abstract

The newly recorded species, Coccophagus ochraceus Howard (Hymenoptera : Aphelinidae) is redescribed and compared with C scutellaris (Dalman). The two species parasitize the soft scale insect, Pulvinalia tenuiyalvata (Newstead) (Homoptera : Coccidae) on sugar cane, Saccharum offlanarum L. in Qena, Egypt. Diagnosis and illustrations of the two parasitoid species are provided.

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