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Aphytis coheni

DeBach, 1960
Arthropoda » Hymenoptera » Aphelinidae » Aphytis coheni
Ηabitat
I1 Arable
Global distribution

Cyprus 190 1; Cyprus 1997 0; Egypt 201 1; Egypt 1761 0; Greece 233 1; Greece 362 0; Israel 459 1; Israel 1773 0; South Africa 358 0; United States of America-California 2525 0

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Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien:

First detection year
1960
Impacts
Negative

A parasite of Aonidella aurantii (Wood 1963; Georghiou 1977); Imported for biological control (Wood 1963); Competition with presumably native Aphytis chrysomphali (Orphanides 1984).

Online resource
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/chalcidoids/database/d…
Pathway
1 RELEASE IN NATURE - Biological Control – BC
References

Wood BJ (1963) Imported and indigenous natural enemies of citrus coccids and aphids in Cyprus, and an assessment of their potential value in integrated control programmes. Entomophaga 8: 67–82. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02381339

Greathead DJ (1976) A Review of Biological Control in Western and Southern Europe. Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux Slough, UK.

Georghiou GP (1977) The insects and mites of Cyprus. With emphasis on species of economic importance to agriculture, forestry, man and domestic animals. Benaki Phytopathological Institute. Kiphissia, Athens Greece 347 pp.

Orphanides GM (1984) Competitive displacement between Aphytis spp. [Hym. Aphelinidae] parasites of the California red scale in cyprus. Entomophaga 29: 275–281. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02372114

"UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology"
Joint Service Health Unit
University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
Darwin Initiative
Akrotiri Environment

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