Survey of mealybugs and their parasitoids in south-east Queensland citrus

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 275-280

  Ceballo, F A ^a   Papacek, D ^b   Walter, G H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Bugs for Bugs   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biological control; Citrus mealybug; Parasitoids; Planococcus; Pseudococcus

Indexed keywords

ANAGYRUS; APHELINIDAE; CHARTOCERUS; CITRUS; COCCIDOXENOIDES PEREGRINUS; COCCOPHAGUS; ENCYRTIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPTOMASTIX DACTYLOPII; PEREGRINUS; PLANOCOCCUS CITRI; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE; PSEUDOCOCCUS; PTEROMALIDAE; SIGNIPHORIDAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0008215387     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1998.tb01583.x     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Abeeluck D & Walter GH. 1997. Mating behaviour of an undescribed species of Coccophagus, near C. gurneyi (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae ). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 6, 92-98.
2. Anonymous. 1994. Monthly Weather Review Queensland. Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne.
3. Bartlett BR & Lloyd DD. 1958. Mealybugs attacking citrus in California - a survey of their natural enemies and the release of new parasites and predators. Journal of Economic Entomology 51, 90-93.
4. Ben-Dov Y. 1994. A Systematic Catalogue of the Mealybugs of the World. Intercept, Andover.
5. Berry JA. 1995. Fauna of New Zealand Moranilini (Insecta: Hymenoptera). No. 33. Manaaki Whenua Press, Wellington.
6. Brimblecombe AR. 1962. Studies of the Coccoidea. 12. Species occurring on deciduous fruit and nut trees in Queensland. Queensland Journal of Agricultural Science 19, 219-229.
7. Clausen CP. 1940. Entomophagus Insects. McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York.
8. Compere H & Flanders SE. 1934. Anarhopus sydneyensis Timb., and encyrtid parasite of Pseudococcus longispinus (Targ.) recently introduced into California from Australia. Journal of Economic Entomology 27, 966-973.
9. Compere H & Smith HS. 1932. The control of the citrophilus mealybug. Pseudococcus gahani by Australian parasites. Hilgardia 6, 585-617.
10. Cox JM. 1989. The mealybug genus Planococcus (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 58, 1-78.
11. Furness GO. 1977. Chemical and integrated control of the long-tailed mealybug. Pseudococcus longispinus (Targioni-Tozzetti) (Hemiptera: Coccidae) in the Riverland of South Australia. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 28, 319-332.
12. Grissell EE & Schauff ME. 1990. A Handbook of the Families of Nearctic Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera). Entomological Society of Washington, Washington.
13. Hayat M & Verrna M. 1980. A catalogue of the Indian Signiphoridae (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Journal of Bombay Natural History Society 76, 481-485.
14. Kerrich GJ. 1967. On the classification of the anagyrine Encyrtidae, with a revision of some of the genera (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology 20, 143-250.
15. Noyes JS. 1988. Encyrtidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Fauna of New Zealand 13, 1-188.
16. Noyes JS & Hayat M. 1994. Oriental Mealybug Pirasitoids of the Anagyrini (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae). CAB International, Wallingford.
17. Prinsloo GL. 1980. An illustrated guide to the families of African Chalcidoidea (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Science Bulletin, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Republic of South Africa 395, 1-66.
18. Prinsloo GL & Annecke DP. 1979. A key to the genera of Encyrtidae from the Ethiopian region, with descriptions of three new genera (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Journal of the Entomological Society of South Africa 42, 349-382.
19. Smith D, Beattie QAC & Broadley R (eds). 1997. Citrus Pests and their Natural Enemies: Integrated Pest Management in Australia. Information series Q197030. Queensland Department of Primary Industries, Brisbane.
20. Smith D, Papacek D & Murray DAH. 1988. The use of Leptomastix dactylopii Howard (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) to control Planococcus citri (Risso) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in Queensland citrus orchards. Queensland Journal of Agricultural and Animal Science 45, 157-164.
21. Summerville WAT. 1934. Queensland citrus scale insects and their control. Queensland Agricultural Journal 41, 450-486, 568-591.
22. Tachikawa T. 1956. The encyrtid parasites of Pseudococcus flavidus Kanda, with a list of the known species and their hosts of the genera Anagyrus, Leptomastidea, and Achrysopophagus of the world (Hymenoptera). Memoires of the Ehime Universitv 6, 137-155.
23. Timberlake PH. 1929. Three new species of the hymenopterous family Encyrtidae from New South Wales. University of California Publications on Entomology 5, 5-18.
24. Viggiani G. 1984. Bionomics of Aphelinidae. Annual Review of Entomology 29, 257-276.
25. Waage JK & Mills NJ. 1992. Natural enemies. In: The Population Biology of Predators, Parasites and Diseases (ed. MJ Crawley). Blackwell Science, Oxford.
26. Williams DJ. 1985. Australian Mealybugs. British Museum (Natural History), London.
27. Williams DJ & Granara De Willink MC. 1992. Mealybugs of Central and South America. CAB International, Wallingford.
28. Williams DJ & Watson GW. 1988. The Scale Insects of the Tropical South Pacific Region, Part 2. the Mealybugs (Pseudococcidae). CAB International, Wallingford.
29. Woolley JB. 1988. Phylogeny and classification of the Signiphoridae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Systematics and Entomology 13, 465-501.