Coccidoxenoides perminutus Girault, 1915

Japoshvili, George, Yerlikaya, Hüseyin & Kaydan, Mehmet Bora, 2023, New records of mealybug (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) parasitoids belonging to the family Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Turkey, Zootaxa 5254 (4), pp. 576-584 : 579

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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5254.4.9

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7734386

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scientific name

Coccidoxenoides perminutus Girault, 1915
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9. Coccidoxenoides perminutus Girault, 1915 View in CoL View at ENA

Material examined. Aydın: Söke (37°45′12″N, 27°24′10″E), 50 m, ex. Pl. citri on Albizia julibrissin , 14.x.2019 (4 ♀).

Comments. This is the first record of C. perminutus from Turkey, a species originating in China and introduced worldwide for biological control purposes ( Ceballo & Walter 2005).

Ceballo, F. A. & Walter, G. H. (2005) Why is Coccidoxenoides perminutus, a mealybug parasitoid, ineffective as a biocontrol agent - Inaccurate measures of parasitism or low adult survival? Biological control, 33 (3), 260 - 268. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. biocontrol. 2005.02.009