Florida Entomologist (2004) 87, 600-602
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.
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Oracella acuta | Pine (Pinus) | U.S.A. (SE) | ||
Allotropa oracellae (parasitoid) | Oracella acuta | Pine (Pinus) | U.S.A. (SE) |