First Record of Aenasius Arizonensis (Girault, 1915) (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae), a Parasitoid of Phenacoccus Solenopsis Tinsly, 1898 (Hemiptera, Pseudococcidae) in Iraq

Abstract

This article reports the first record of Aenasius arizonensis (Girault, 1915) (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae) parasitizing the recently introduced species of cotton mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsly (Hemiptera, Psedococcidae) infesting Lantana camara L. (Verbeneceae) as well as other ornamental plants in Baghdad province, Iraq. A short morphological description is also presented.

Studies on Population Dynamic, Biology of The Cotton Mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) and Its Natural Enemies as A New Insect on Okra Plant, (Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench) at Qena Governorate, Egypt

“…This species of the parasitoid is characterized by a set of important characteristics, including the ability to adapt to different environmental conditions, and its life cycle is short and multiplies faster than its host and has a great ability to search for a host and its life cycle coincides with the life cycle of the host, and this species recorded a percentage of parasitism ranging between 5-100% (Fallahzadeh et al, 2014). The parasitoid was counted and identified in different parts of the world, including USA, India, Pakistan, China, Iran, Egypt, Turkey and Iraq (Abdul-rassoul, 2018). The researchers Solangi and Mahmood (2011) studied the parasitoid, A. arizonensis ability to parasitize on six different types of mealybugs and their ability to grow and develop the parasitoid.…”

Effectiveness of Endoparsitoid Wasp AenasiusArizonensis (Girault) as a Successful Bio-Control of Cotton Mealy Bug, PhenacoccusSolenopsis Tinsley, in Khartoum State, Sudan.

“…This is due to the fact that, this parasitoid has some characteristics of adaptation to different environmental conditions, multiply faster than the host, short life Cycle (17-20 days), high host searching capacity and synchronise life cycle with host, with a parasitism ranging from 5-100% [8]. The parasitoid was recorded from USA, India, Pakistan, China, Iran, Egypt, Turkey and Iraq [9,13] One of the researchers [14] The present study was carried out to evaluate some of the biological characteristics of this parasitoid, to be applied as a bio-control agent for cotton Mealy bug, P. solenopsis in Sudan. [14,20] who showed that, the parasitized Mealy bug took a week to transform into mummy feature ( Fig.1 and Fig2).…”

Land Surface Temperature

“…This increases the chances of obtaining realistic predictions for the period and area outside (Spradbery et al 1992), Iran in 1995 (Navidpour et al 1996), and Iraq in 1996. OWS was first reported in Iraq in June 1996 (Abdul Rassoul et al 1996), and the monthly incidence showed two major peaks, respectively in the winters of 1996 and 1997, until 1998 when insecticide formulations became finally available to the veterinary clinics and the incidence reduced ( Fig.1 Siddig et al 2005) As illustrated in Fig. 1 the geographic distribution of OWS clinical cases was only recorded for the period September 1996 to October 1997 (Oct. 97 is incomplete).…”