Tunçyürek, M.S., & Erkin, E. 1979 [Investigations in western Anatolia on the armoured scale insects (Diaspididae) causing damage to citrus and on their parasite, Aphytis melinus DeBach.]. Bitki Koruma Bulteni. Ankara (Plant Protection Bulletin) 19(3): 111-129.

Notes: [Original title: Bati Anadolu turuncgillerinde zarar yapan kabuklu bitler (Diaspididae) ve Aphytis melinus DeBach paraziti uzerinde arastirmalar.] Aphytis melinus DeBach was first recorded in Izmir, Turkey, in 1968 and spread to all citrus orchards in the Aegean region in the following four years, during which its parasitism of Aonidiella citrina (Coq.), A. aurantii (Mask.) and Chrysomphalus dictyospermi (Morg.) was studied. In general, Aphytis melinus caused 8.6% parasitism in 1969 and 11% in 1971, but it preferred C. dictyospermi, especially the adult female (40% parasitism), the second-instar male nymph and the male prepupa; it successfully parasitised Aonidiella citrina, but attacked only the second-instar male nymph and the male prepupa of A. aurantii. Aphytis overwintered in all stages but mostly in the pupal stage and had at least five generations a year in western Turkey. The parasite was most active in September and October, but its activity was greatly influenced by the population fluctuations of its hosts. It stayed mainly on the lower surface of leaves, where host populations were less dense and consisted mostly of males. A. melinus appeared well adapted to the environmental conditions of western Turkey and may be considered as a good potential biological control agent for regulating scale-insect populations in Turkish citrus orchards.