{"id":1958,"date":"2019-09-22T08:56:10","date_gmt":"2019-09-22T08:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agri-research-journal.net\/SjarEn\/?p=1958"},"modified":"2019-09-22T08:56:10","modified_gmt":"2019-09-22T08:56:10","slug":"the-first-record-in-syria-of-the-heart-shaped-soft-scale-insect-protopulvinaria-pyriformis-cockerell-homoptera-coccidae-and-recording-its-predator-cryptolaemus-montrouzieri-mulsant-coleopteran-co","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agri-research-journal.net\/SjarEn\/?p=1958","title":{"rendered":"<strong>The First Record in Syria of the Heart Shaped Soft Scale Insect <em>Protopulvinaria pyriformis <\/em>(Cockerell) Homoptera: Coccidae and Recording its Predator <em>Cryptolaemus montrouzieri<\/em> Mulsant (Coleopteran: Coccinellidae)<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Rafeek Abboud<sup>*(1)<\/sup> Majedah Mofleh<sup>(2)<\/sup> Raeed Sbaih<sup>(3)<\/sup> and Mohammad Ahmad<sup>(3)<\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(1). Latakia Research Center, General Commission for Scientific Agricultural Research GCSAR, Damascus, Syria.<\/p>\n<p>(2). GCSAR, Damascus, Syria.<\/p>\n<p>(3). Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Latakia, Syria.<\/p>\n<p>(*Corresponding author: Dr. Rafeek Abboud. E-Mail: abboud.rafeek@hotmail.com).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Received: 11\/07\/2019\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Accepted: 15\/08\/2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Abstract<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pyriform scale <em>Protopulvinaria pyriformis<\/em> (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: <em>Laureus<\/em> <em>nobilis<\/em> (Lauraceae), <em>Myrtus<\/em> <em>communis<\/em> (Myrtacea), Gardenia (Rubiaceae) and <em>Citrus<\/em> <em>maxima<\/em> (Rotaceae) in May 2019. Also, this study showed the first international record the presence of its predator <em>Cryptolaemus montrouzieri<\/em> Mulsant (Coleopteran: Coccinellidae) fed on eggs and nymphs of the Pyriform scale insect. The parasite <em>Metaphychus<\/em> sp. (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) was recorded too.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key words:<\/strong> First record, <em>Protopulvinaria pyriformis (Cockerell),<\/em> <em>Metaphychus<\/em> sp. <em>Cryptolaemus<\/em> <em>montrouzieri <\/em>Mulsant, Syria.<\/p>\n<p>Full paper in Arabic: <a href=\"http:\/\/agri-research-journal.net\/sjar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/v6n3p35.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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