Status - Distribution in general

Status 

Native

Present in: 

AFR, AUS, IND, NEA, NEO, PAL

Distribution within Cyprus: 

This species was found in Limassol administrative area.

First record from Cyprus: 

Wood (1963)

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Ecology - Associates

Ecology

Parasitoid

Associates in general

This species is a parasitoid of Coccidae, Pseudococcidae (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

Fallahzadeh M, Shojaei M, Ostovan H, Kamali K (2009) Notes on some Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Iran. Journal of Entomological Society of Iran 28(2): 82. 

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.

Herting B (1972) Homoptera. A catalogue of parasites and predators of terrestrial arthropods. Section A. Host or Prey/Enemy. 2:118-120 Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, Slough, England.

Japoshvili G, Koutsoukos E, Vamvakas G, Perdikis D, Demetriou J (2023) New records of Encyrtid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Greece and Cyprus with the description of a new species associated with Macrohomotoma gladiata Kuwayama (Hemiptera: Psylloidea). Phytoparasitica, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12600-023-01105-7

Noyes JS (2000) Encyrtidae of Costa Rica (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea), 1. The subfamily Tetracneminae, parasitoids of mealybugs (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 62:138.

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

Trjapitzin VA (1989) Parasitic Hymenoptera of the Fam. Encyrtidae of Palaearctics. Opredeliteli po Faune SSSR 158:145 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.

Zhang YZ, Xu ZH (2009) A review of Chinese species of Leptomastidea Mercet (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae). Acta Entomologica Sinica 52(4): 421.