Contribution to the Knowledge of the Ladybird beetles (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae), Predators of Mealybugs (Hemiptera, Pseudococcidae) in Hormozgan Province, Southern Iran
Author
Fallahzadeh, M.
Author
Abdimaleki, R.
Author
Saghaei, N.
text
Linzer biologische Beiträge
2013
2013-07-31
45
1
673
679
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5412908
0253-116X
5412908
Exochomus melanocephalus
(ZOUBKOFF 1833)
M a t e r i a l:
2♀♀
, 633, Bandar-e-Abbas,
30.05.2009
, ex
N. viridis
on
Ziziphus mauritiana
LAM. (Rhamnaceae)
;
20♀♀
, 13, Bandar-e-Abbas,
21.06.2009
, ex
N. viridis
on
Z. mauritiana
;
4♀♀
, 233, Bandar-e-Abbas,
7.08.2010
, ex
N. viridis
on
Z. mauritiana
.
R e m a r k s: It has been recorded as a predator of the mealybug
Ferrisia virgata
(COCKERELL) (
LE PELLEY 1968
)
.
D i s t r i b u t i o n: South
Russia
, Transcaucasia,
Iran
(
MADER 1955
,
YAGHMAEI & KHARAZI PAKDEL 1995
).