New records of Psilophrys parvulus and its host Kermes bacciformis from Turkey

Authors

GEORGE JAPOSHVILI
MEHMET BORA KAYDAN
İSMAİL KARACA

DOI

10.3906/zoo-0807-8

Abstract

During 2007-2008 survey conducted on the Turkey oak (Quercus cerris) in Isparta province Psilophrys parvulus (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, Encyrtidae) and its host Kermes bacciformis (Hemiptera: Coccoidea, Kermesidae) represent new species records for Turkey. Previously, P. parvulus was known only from Italy where it was first recorded. The emergence behavior of this parasitoid differs from that of most scale insect parasitoids emerging from the anal opening of its host rather than chewing a hole in the scale insect's test to emerge.

Keywords

Encyrtidae, Kermesidae, new record, distribution, Psilophrys parvulus, Kermes bacciformis, Turkey Oaks

First Page

473

Last Page

474

Recommended Citation

JAPOSHVILI, GEORGE; KAYDAN, MEHMET BORA; and KARACA, İSMAİL (2009) "New records of Psilophrys parvulus and its host Kermes bacciformis from Turkey," Turkish Journal of Zoology: Vol. 33: No. 4, Article 15. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-0807-8
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol33/iss4/15