Status - Distribution in general

Status 

Alien (non-intentionally introduced)

Origin

NEA

Present in: 

AUS, IND, NEA, NEO, PAL

Distribution within Cyprus: 

This species is present within administrative region of Nicosia.

First record from Cyprus: 

West (1963)

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Ecology - Associates

Ecology

Parasitoid

Associates in general

Parasitoid of Cerococcidae, Coccidae, Diaspididae, Eriococcidae and Kerriidae (Insecta: Coccoidea) (Noyes 2019).

Known associates from Cyprus

Coccus hesperidum

Conservation

IUCN Red List Category

(NE) DD LC NT VU EN CR EX

Not Evaluated

Conservation measures in place/needed

No measures in place.

Threats

No threats identified.

Presence within protected areas

Unknown.

References

Fry JM (1989) Natural enemy databank, 1987. A catalogue of natural enemies of arthropods derived from records in the CIBC Natural Enemy Databank. pp.56 CAB International, Wallingford, Oxford, UK.

Georghiou GP (1977) “The insects and mites of Cyprus. With emphasis on species of economic importance to agriculture, forestry, man and domestic animals.” Benaki Phytopathological Institute, 347pp.

Guerrieri E, Noyes JS (2000) Revision of European species of genus Metaphycus Mercet (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Encyrtidae), parasitoids of scale insects. Systematic Entomology 25: 185. 

Noyes JS (2019) Universal Chalcidoidea Database. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/chalcidoids

Orphanides GM (1988) Current status of biological control of the black scale, Saissetia oleae (Olivier), in Cyprus. Technical Bulletin, Cyprus Agricultural Research Institute No 100: 108. 

Trjapitzin VA (1975) Contribution to the knowledge of parasitic Hymenoptera of the genus Metaphycus Mercet, 1917 (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Encyrtidae) of the Czechoslovakian fauna. Studia Entomologica Forestalia 2(1): 12.

Trjapitzin VA (1989) Parasitic Hymenoptera of the Fam. Encyrtidae of Palaearctics. Opredeliteli po Faune SSSR 158: 243 Zoologicheskim Institutom Akademii Nauk SSR, Leningrad.  

Wood BJ (1963) Imported and indigenous natural enemies of citrus coccids and aphids in Cyprus, and an assessment of their potential value in integrated control programmes. Entomophaga 8(1): 67–82.