Çalışkan, A.F., Hayat, M., Rifat Ulusoy, M., & Kaydan, M.B. 2016 Parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) of an invasive mealybug Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in Turkey. Turkiye Entomoloji Dergisi 40(2): 155-170

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biological control

economic importance

Notes: Three parasitoids, a hyperparasitoid and an associate parasitoid were recorded on the invasive mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in Turkey: Anagyrus aligarhensis Agarwal & Alam, Anagyrus sp. near dactylopii (Howard), Leptomastix epona (Walker), Prochiloneurus uyguni Hayat, sp. n. and Homalotylus hemipterinus (De Stefani). L. epona and H. hemipterinus are new records for the fauna of Encyrtidae of Turkey.