Kamel, A., Abd-Rabou, S., Hilmy, N., Allam, S., & Moustafa, M. 2003 Seasonal abundance of certain Aphytis species (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) from Egypt.. Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research 81(3): 1009-1023.

Notes: Seasonal abundance of 18 species of the genus Aphytis (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) from Egypt were observed on ten host plants infested with eleven armored scale insect species (diaspidids) in seven governorates between 1997 and 2000. The plants included: Citrus sp., Ficus nitida [F. benjamina], Jasminum sp., Laurus nobilis, Nerium oleander, Prunus armeniaca, Psidium guajava, Mangifera indica and Olea europaea. Results indicate that some species (e.g. Aphytis holoxanthus, Aphytis melinus and Aphytis paramaculicornis) had effective rates of parasitism on the population of Chrysomphalus aonidum, Aonidiella aurantii and Parlatoria oleae, respectively. The highest rates of parasitism were 70.9, 66.4 and 57.0%, respectively. This groups was followed by Aphytis lepidosaphes, Aphytis paramaculicornis, Aphytis chrysomphali, Aphytis lingnanensis, Aphytis diaspidids, Aphytis libanicus and Aphytis phoenicis with maximum parasitism rates of 59.2, 57.0, 41.4, 43.2, 29.3, 28.6 and 20.4, respectively. The rest of studied Aphytis species, maximum parasitism rates were between 0.8 and 14.6%.