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Issue: Vol. 4980 No. 1: 31 May 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-05-31
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4980.1.5
Page range: 83–98
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The Anagyrus (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) parasitoids of the obscure mealybug Pseudococcus viburni (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in Spain, with description of a new species

Bayer CropScience. Av. Baix Llobregat 3-5. 08970 Sant Joan Despi (Barcelona). Collaborator, Instituto Agroforestal Mediterráneo (Universidad Politécnica de Valencia), and Instituto Valenciano Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA)
Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva. Universitat de València. C/ Catedrático José Beltrán, 2. 46980 Paterna (València). Spain.
Instituto Agroforestal Mediterráneo. Universidad Politécnica de Valencia. Camino de Vera, 14. 46022 Valencia. Spain.
Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de Vectores (CONICET – UNLP). Boulevard 120 s/n, e/61 y 62, B1902CHX, La Plata, Buenos Aires. Argentina.
Hemiptera Anagyrus borrianensis mealybugs citrus persimmon conservative biological control

Abstract

The presence of three species of the genus Anagyrus Howard (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) parasitizing the obscure mealybug Pseudococcus viburni (Signoret) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in agricultural ecosystems of citrus, persimmon and ornamental plants from Eastern Spain is recorded. Anagyrus aligarhensis Agarwal & Alam is recorded for the first time as parasitoid on this mealybug. Anagyrus fusciventris (Girault) is a new record for Spain. Anagyrus borrianensis sp. nov., reared as a specific primary parasitoid of this mealybug, is described and illustrated. The joint presence of Anagyrus pseudococci (Girault) and Anagyrus vladimiri Triapitsyn on citrus crops is confirmed. A key to species of Anagyrus parasitoids of Planococcus and Pseudococcus mealybugs in Eastern Spain is provided

 

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