FIRST RECORD OF SOME HYMENOPTEROUS PARASITOIDS OF WHITEFLIES, SCALE INSECTS AND LEAF MINERS IN EGYPT WITH DESCRIPTION OF APHYTIS S.TNAII(N.SP.)

Document Type : Original Article

Author

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

Abstract

This paper dealt with the hymenopterous parasitoids of whiteflies, scale insects and leaf miners in Egypt. Sex parasitoid species were recorded here for the first time in Egypt, in addition to Aphytis sine Abd-Rabou n. sp. Each species is briefly diagnosed and the known information on hosts and distribution is given, except the new species is fully described and illustrated.