Parasaissetia nigra (Hemiptera: Coccidae) and its parasitoids from the genus Coccophagus (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae), with description of a new species from Tamaulipas, México

Authors

  • Svetlana Nikolaevna Myartseva Facultad de Ingenieria y Ciencias, Universidad Autonoma de Tamaulipas, 87149 Cd. Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico
  • Enrique Ruíz-Cancino Facultad de Ingenieria y Ciencias, Universidad Autonoma de Tamaulipas, 87149 Cd. Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico
  • Juana Maria Coronado-Blanco Facultad de Ingenieria y Ciencias, Universidad Autonoma de Tamaulipas, 87149 Cd. Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Keywords:

Phoradendron quadrangulare, mistletoe, Acacia farnesiana, Coccophagus

Abstract

A list of parasitoids of the genus Coccophagus Westwood that parasitize the soft scale Parasaissetia nigra (Nietner), in the world, is given. Data on the biology of P. nigra in Mexico are presented. A key to species of Coccophagus associated to P. nigra in Mexico, including possible species of parasitoids, was prepared. A new species, Coccophagus minor Myartseva sp. nov., reared from P. nigra on mistletoe, Phoradendron quadrangulare (Kunth) Griseb., growing over leaves and shoots of huisache, Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd., in Tamaulipas, Mexico, is described.

 

Se elaboró una lista de parasitoides del género Coccophagus Westwood que parasitan la escama blanda Parasaissetia nigra (Nietner) a nivel mundial. Se presentan datos de la biología de P. nigra en México. Se preparó una clave de especies de Coccophagus asociados a P. nigra en México, incluyendo posibles especies parasitoides de la plaga. Se describe la nueva especie Coccophagus minor Myartseva sp. nov., emergida de P. nigra en el muérdago Phoradendron quadrangulare (Kunth) Griseb. sobre hojas y ramitas de huizache Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd. en Tamaulipas, México.

 

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Vol. 97, No. 3 (September 2014)

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Research Papers

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