Abd-Rabou, S. 2004a Augmentative releases of indigenous parasitoids of the Mediterranean black scale Saissetia oleae (Oliver) (Hemiptera: Coccidae) on olive in Egypt.. Shashpa 11(1): 51-56.

Notes: The Mediterranean black scale, Saissetia oleae is an important pest of olive in Egypt. Approximately 113,250 indigenous parasitoids of S. oleae from different localities in Egypt, were mass produced and released at three locations, from April 1999 to April 2000. Among all the indigenous parasitoids released, only Metaphycus bartletti established itself on S. oleae with parasitism rates of 83, 56, and 33% in the Northern Coast, Marsa Matruh and El-Arish, respectively.