Simões, A.M.A., Cecilio, A., Ilharco, F.A., Aguiar, A.M.F., & Franco, J.C. 2006 New records of hymenopteran parasitoid species from citrus orchards in Terceira Island (Azores, Portugal).. Bulletin OILB/SROP (Sect. Reg. Ouest Palearctique) 29(3): 189-193.

Notes: [International Conference on Integrated Control in Citrus Fruit Crops. Proceedings of the meeting of the International Organization for Biological and Integrated Control of Noxious Animals and Plants, West Palearctic Regional Section (IOBC/WPRS) Working Group, Lisbon, Portugal, 26-27 September 2005.] Samples of parasitized aphids and scale insects were collected in different plant hosts nearby citrus orchards in three different places, in Terceira Island (Azores), namely, Biscoitos, S. Sebastiao and Terra-Cha, aimed at finding plant species that can provide alternative hosts for parasitoids of citrus pests. Emerged parasitoids consisted mainly of braconids, i.e., Lysiphlebus fabarum (Marshall), and Lysiphlebus testaceipes (Cresson) from Aphis fabae Scopoli in Pittosporum undulatum and Banksia sp., and Aphidius funebris (Mackauer) from Uroleucon sonchi (Linnaeus), in Sonchus sp. One specimen of both Aphelinus chaonia Walker and Microterys nietneri (Motschulsky) from Coccus hesperidum in Hedera sp. Scutellista obscura emerged from Parasaissetia nigra (Nietner) in P. undulatum and also Moranila californica (Howard). Secondary parasitism of the pteromalid Pachyneuron aphidis (Bouche) was also collected from Aphis solanella, in Solanum nigrum L. These parasitoid species are reported for the first time from the Azores.