Status - Distribution in general

Status 

Native

Present in: 

AFR, AUS, IND, NEA, NEO, PAL

Distribution within Cyprus: 

This species was found within the administrative regions of Larnaca, Nicosia and Paphos.

First record from Cyprus: 

Wood (1963)

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Ecology - Associates

Ecology

Parasitoid

Associates in general

This species is a parasitoid of various insect species of the superfamily Coccoidea (Noyes 2019).

Known associates from Cyprus

Ceroplastes rusci, Saissetia oleae

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.

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: 1-8.

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.