Status - Distribution in general

Status 

Alien (not intentionally introduced)

Present in: 

AFR, AUS, IND, NEA, NEO, PAL

Distribution within Cyprus: 

The precise distribution of this species is not known.

First record from Cyprus: 

Wood (1963)

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Ecology - Associates

Ecology

Parasitoid

Associates in general

Parasitoid of Diaspididae and Pseudococcidae (Insecta: Coccoidea) (Noyes 2019).

Known associates from Cyprus

Planococcus citri

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

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.

Noyes JS (2000) Encyrtidae of Costa Rica (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea), 1. The subfamily Tetracneminae, parasitoids of mealybugs (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 62:170.

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

Noyes JS, Hayat M (1994) Oriental mealybug parasitoids of the Anagyrini (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) pp.413 CAB International, Oxon, UK.

Trjapitzin VA (1989) Parasitic Hymenoptera of the Fam. Encyrtidae of Palaearctics. Opredeliteli po Faune SSSR 158:135 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.