Title of article
New record of a biological control agent, Cybocephalus nipponicus Endrödy-Younga, 1971 (Coleoptera: Cybocephalidae) from Iran
Author/Authors
Serri ، Sayeh Insect Taxonomy Research Department - Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection - Education and Extension Organization , Rafiei ، Bahareh Plant Protection Department - Gilan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center - Agricultural Research,Education and Extension Organization (AREEO) , Gholamzadeh Chitgar ، Molood Plant Protection Department - Mazandaran Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center - Agricultural Research,Education and Extension Organization (AREEO) , Manzari ، Shahab Insect Taxonomy Research Department - Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection - Agricultural Research,Education and Extension Organization (AREEO) , Farrokhi ، Shahram Biological Control Research Department - Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection - Agricultural Research,Education and Extension Organization (AREEO) , Audisio ، Paolo Department of Biology and Biotechnologies “C. Darwin” - Sapienza Rome University
From page
581
To page
587
Abstract
Here we report the presence of Cybocephalus nipponicus Endrödy-Younga, 1971 from Iran, which has been collected on mulberry in Gilan province, as well as on bitter orange and Japanese spindle in Mazandaran province, northern Iran. The specimens were collected while feeding on scale insects, Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (Targioni Tozzetti, 1886), Unaspis euonymi (Comstock, 1881) and Lepidosaphes gloveri (Packard, 1869) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae). Photos of habitus and genitalia with some taxonomic comments are presented.
Keywords
biocontrol , conservation , new record , predator , scale insects
Journal title
Journal of Insects Biodiversity and Systematics
Journal title
Journal of Insects Biodiversity and Systematics
Record number
2774610
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