EPPO Bulletin (2016) 46, 122-124

M. Laamari, H. Aggoun, P. Stary and A. Cœur d'Acier (2016)
First report of Siphonatrophia cupressi and its parasitoids in Algeria and a first record for Africa
EPPO Bulletin 46 (1), 122-124
Abstract: This paper presents the first finding of Siphonatrophia cupressi (Swain, 1918) (Hemiptera, Aphididae) for Algeria and also for the whole African continent. This aphid pest is reported for the first time from Khenchela Province, North-Eastern Algeria, on Cupressus sempervirens L. var. horizontalis (Mill.). The first observations were made in a public garden, and other colonies were detected in a nursery producing forest seedlings. Monitoring of these colonies revealed that this aphid is parasitized by Ephedrus persicae Frog and Lysiphlebus testaceipes (Cress.) (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Aphidiinae).
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Database assignments for author(s): Malik Laamari, Petr Stary

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
surveys/sampling/distribution
biocontrol - natural enemies
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
surveys/distribution/isolation

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Siphonatrophia cupressi	Cypress (Cupressus)	Algeria
Lysiphlebus testaceipes (parasitoid)	Siphonatrophia cupressi	Cypress (Cupressus)	Algeria
Ephedrus persicae (parasitoid)	Siphonatrophia cupressi	Cypress (Cupressus)	Algeria