Yiğit, A., Erkılıç, L.B., Kayai, K., Telli, S., & Kütük, H. 2005 Cold storage of pupae of Leptomastix dactylopii How. and Leptomastidae abnormis (Gir.) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), parasitoids of citrus mealybug, Planococcus citri Risso (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae).. Proceedings of the X International Symposium on Scale Insect Studies, held at Plant Protection Research Institute, Adana/ Turkey, 19-23 April 2004. Adana Zirai Muscadele Arastirma Enstitusu. Adana, Turkey 408 pp.

Notes: ABSTRACT . Storage of pupae of Leptomastix dactylopii How. and Leptomastidae abnormis (Gir.), parasitoids of citrus mealybug, Planococcus citri (Risso), was evaluated at 4-15°C and 70±1O RH conditions. The parasitoid pupae within the host body (as mummies) were stored for 7, 14,21, and 28 days at 4, 7,10 and 15±1°C for L. dactylopii, and 7 and 15±1°C for L. abnormis. After the storage periods, the pupae were transferred to 25±1°C for 21 days, and adult emergence ratios were recorded. No adults emerged from L. dactylopii mummies stored at 4±1°C, while up to 82.5% emergence was observed at 15±1°C. The adult emergence of L. abnormis varied from 3.50 to 97.0%. Main adult emergence ratios were generally decreased by extended storage periods.