Fuentes-Guardiola, L.T., Rodríguez-Vélez, B., & García-Martínez, O. 2024 Parasitoides de Saissetia miranda (Cockerell & Parrott) (Hemiptera: Coccidae) en Higueras (Ficus carica L.) de Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, México [Parasitoids of Saissetia miranda (Cockerell & Parrott) (Hemiptera: Coccidae) in Fig trees (Ficus carica L.) of Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, Mexico]. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (nueva serie) https://doi.org/10.21829/azm.2024.4012658

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biological control

host

natural enemies

Notes: In a commercial fig orchard of the Black Mission variety located in the Municipality of Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, females of Saissetia miranda (Hemiptera: Coccidae) were detected. The specimens were collected and taken to the laboratory to wait for the emergence of natural enemies. A complex of five species of parasitoids was determined. S. caerulea and M. anneckei are reported for the first time in the State of Coahuila. The percentage of parasitism exerted by the complex was 54.9 to 72.9 as maximum and minimum values, with an average of 64.5, indicating high natural control.

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