First record of Coccobius pistacicolus (Yasnosh, 1968) (Hym.: Aphelinidae) from Iran
نویسندگان
1 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran.
2 Institute of Entomology, Agricultural University of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia
3 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran
4 Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran.
doi
10.48311/jcp.2019.1421چکیده
In the present study, which is based on the material collected from Southern part of Caspian Sea, Iran during 2013- 2016, one parasitoid species of the genus Coccobius Ratzeburg was identified as Coccobius pistacicolus (Yasnosh, 1968) (Hym: Aphelinidae). This species, which is reported for the first time from Iran, was collected in Rasht, Guilan province, and reared from Lepidosaphes pallida (Maskell) (Hem.: Diaspididae) on Ficus carica (Moraceae). Diagnostic characters of C. pistacicolus are provided.
