Rafeek Abboud*(1) Majedah Mofleh(2) Raeed Sbaih(3) and Mohammad Ahmad(3)
(1). Latakia Research Center, General Commission for Scientific Agricultural Research GCSAR, Damascus, Syria.
(2). GCSAR, Damascus, Syria.
(3). Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Latakia, Syria.
(*Corresponding author: Dr. Rafeek Abboud. E-Mail: abboud.rafeek@hotmail.com).
Received: 11/07/2019 Accepted: 15/08/2019
Abstract
Pyriform scale Protopulvinaria pyriformis (Cockerell) (Homoptera: Coccidae) is a global spread in tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, the Mediterranean and the Americas. This study showed the first record of its presence in Syria in Jableh region in Latakia governorate on four different plant hosts: Laureus nobilis (Lauraceae), Myrtus communis (Myrtacea), Gardenia (Rubiaceae) and Citrus maxima (Rotaceae) in May 2019. Also, this study showed the first international record the presence of its predator Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Mulsant (Coleopteran: Coccinellidae) fed on eggs and nymphs of the Pyriform scale insect. The parasite Metaphychus sp. (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) was recorded too.
Key words: First record, Protopulvinaria pyriformis (Cockerell), Metaphychus sp. Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Mulsant, Syria.
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