Metaphycus citrinus COMPERE , 1957

Madl, Michael, H, Anicetus, H, Anthemus, W, Cheiloneurus, S, Diversinervus, L, Encyrtus, F, Habrolepis & M, Homalotylus, 2023, A catalogue of the family Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) of Eritrea, Linzer biologische Beiträge 55 (1), pp. 219-239 : 226

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scientific name	Metaphycus citrinus COMPERE , 1957
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Metaphycus citrinus COMPERE, 1957 View in CoL

Metaphycus citrinus View in CoL n.sp.: COMPERE 1957: 222 (key ♀), 223 (key ♁), 224 (description ♀ ♁, biology, Ghescinascim).

Metaphycus citrinus COMPERE, 1957 View in CoL : COMPERE & ANNECKE 1960: 385 (taxonomy).

Aphycus citrinus ( COMPERE, 1957) View in CoL : PECK 1963: 408 (taxonomy).

Metaphycus citrinus COMPERE, 1957 View in CoL : ANNECKE & MYNHARDT 1981: 51 (figs 117-120), 52 (taxonomy, cotypes not seen, Eritrea ( COMPERE 1957), USA).

Metaphycus citrinus COMPERE, 1957 View in CoL ): PRINSLOO 1983: 12 (parasitoid-host catalogue Afrotropical region), 25 (host-parasitoid catalogue Afrotropical region).

* Metaphycus sp. Y: 1955: BOSCH et al. 1955: 55 (taxonomy, biology, Hamasien plateau (Asmara, Ghescinascim) and eastern escarpment).

* Metaphycus sp. : THOMPSON 1944: 100 (world host-parasitoid catalogue), 138 (world parasitoid-host catalogue).

Metaphycus sp. : THOMPSON 1955: 258 (world parasitoid-host catalogue).

H o s t: Hemiptera View in CoL , Coccidae View in CoL : Saissetia oleae (OLIVIER, 1791) ( BOSCH et al. 1955) View in CoL .

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Asmara, Ghescinascim.

Metaphycus citrinus is known only from Eritrea.

BOSCH R. VAN DEN, BARTLETT B. R. & S. E. FLANDERS (1955): A Search for Natural Enemies of Lecaniine Scale Insects in Northern Africa for Introduction into California. - Journal of Economic Entomology 48 / 1: 53 - 55.

COMPERE H. (1957): Descriptions of species of Metaphycus recently introduced into California and some corrections. - Bollettino del Laboratorio di Entomologia Agraria Filippo Silvestri in Portici 15: 221 - 230.

PECK O. (1963): A catalogue of the Nearctic Chalcidoidea (Insecta: Hymenoptera). - The Canadian Entomologist, Supplement 30: 1092 pp.

PRINSLOO G. L. (1983): A parasitoid-host Index of Afrotropical Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). - Entomology Memoir, Department of Agriculture, Republic of South Africa, 60: 35 pp.

THOMPSON W. R. (1944): A Catalogue of the Parasites and Predators of Insect Pests. Section 1. Host Parasite Catalogue. Part 3. Parasites of the Hemiptera. - Belleville (The Imperial Parasite Service): V + 149 pp.

THOMPSON W. R. (1955): A Catalogue of the Parasites and Predators of Insect Pests. Section 2: Host Parasite Catalogue Part 3: Hosts of the Hymenoptera (Calliceratid to Evaniid). - Ottawa (The Commonwealth Institute of Biological Control): 191 - 332.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hymenoptera
Family	Encyrtidae
Genus	Metaphycus