Florida Entomologist (2004) 87, 600-602

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Lubomir Masner, Jianghua Sun, Stephen R. Clarke and C. Wayne Berisford (2004)
Description of Allotropa oracellae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae), a parasitoid of Oracella acuta (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)
Florida Entomologist 87 (4), 600-602
Abstract: The parasitoid Allotropa oracellae Masner sp. nov. (Platygastridae) is described. This species was collected in Georgia (United States) and is an endoparasitoid of the mealybug, Oracella acuta (Lobdell). New character states for the genus were used, including the pilosity of metapleuron and the microsculpture of mesoscutum.
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Database assignments for author(s): Jiang-Hua Sun, Stephen Clarke

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
biocontrol - natural enemies
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
identification/taxonomy


Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial Pest/Disease/Weed Crop/Product Country Quarant.


Oracella acuta Pine (Pinus) U.S.A. (SE)
Allotropa oracellae (parasitoid) Oracella acuta Pine (Pinus) U.S.A. (SE)