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Notes: Abstract: An example of the central concept of this research is Aphytis melinus, the successful biological control agent of California red scale (Aonidiella aurantii), a pest of citrus, which lays male eggs mainly in large second instar scales, and female eggs in third instar scales. Keywords: biological control.