New record of a biological control agent, Cybocephalus nipponicus Endrödy-Younga, 1971 (Coleoptera: Cybocephalidae) from Iran

Author(s):

Sayeh Serri* , Bahareh Rafiei , Molood Gholamzadeh Chitgar , Shahab Manzari , Shahram Farrokhi , Paolo Audisio

Message:
Article Type:
Short Communication/Paper (دارای رتبه معتبر)
Abstract:

Here we report the presence of Cybocephalus nipponicus Endrödy-Younga, 1971 from Iran, which has been collected on mulberry in Gilan province, as well as on bitter orange and Japanese spindle in Mazandaran province, northern Iran. The specimens were collected while feeding on scale insects, Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (Targioni Tozzetti, 1886), Unaspis euonymi (Comstock, 1881) and Lepidosaphes gloveri (Packard, 1869) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae). Photos of habitus and genitalia with some taxonomic comments are presented.

Keywords:

Biocontrol , Conservation , New Record , Predator , Scale Insects

Language:
English
Published:
Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics, Volume:10 Issue: 3, Sep 2024
Pages:
581 to 587
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