HOST RANGE AND DISTRIBUTION OF MARIETTA LEOPARDINA (HYMENOPTERA: APHELINIDAE), A HYPERPARASITOID OF HEMIPTEROUS AND HYMENOPTEROUS INSECTS IN EGYPT

Document Type : Original Article

Author

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

Abstract

Through a survey conducted during May 1999-May 2001. the hy­perparasitoid Marietta leopardina (Mots.)(Aphelinidae : Hymenoptera) was reared out of 48 Hemiptera and scales parasitic Hymenoptera spe­cies. The survey covered 16 governorates in Egypt. Classically orders, families and species of the host insects asso­ciated with this hyperparasitoid are given together with locality and month of abundance.