Metaphycus helvolus (Compere, 1926)

Fallahzadeh, Majid & Japoshvili, George, 2017, An updated checklist of Iranian Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea), Zootaxa 4344 (1), pp. 1-46 : 20

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scientific name	Metaphycus helvolus (Compere, 1926)
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99. Metaphycus helvolus (Compere, 1926) View in CoL

Host associations in Iran. Saissetia oleae ( Esmaili 1983; Modarres Awal 1997), Coccus hesperidum ( Ghahari et al. 2010) .

Distribution in Iran. Caspian Sea area ( Esmaili 1983; Modarres Awal 1997), Iran ( Prinsloo 1984; Trjapitzin 1989; Noyes & Hayat 1994), Golestan ( Ghahari et al. 2010).

General distribution. Cosmopolitan.

References

Modares Awal, M. (1997) List of Agricultural Pests and Their Natural Enemies in Iran. Revised Edition. Ferdowsi University Press, Mashhad, 429 pp.

Esmaili, M. (1983) The Important Pest of Fruit Trees. Sepehr Publishing, Tehran, 578 pp.

Ghahari, H., Abd-Rabou, Sh., Sakenin, H., Hedqvist, K. J. & Ostovan, H. (2010) A contribution to some Chalcidoidea wasps (Hymenoptera) from Iran. Journal of Biological Control, 24 (1), 17 - 21.

Noyes, J. S. & Hayat, M. (1994) Oriental mealybug parasitoids of the Anagyrini (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae). CAB International, Oxon, 554 pp.

Prinsloo, G. L. (1984) An illustrated guide to the parasitic wasps associated with citrus pests in the Republic of South Africa. Science Bulletin, Department of Agriculture, Republic of South Africa, 402, 1 - 119.

Trjapitzin, V. A. (1989) Parasitic Hymenoptera of the Fam. Encyrtidae of Palaearctics. In: Opredeliteli po Faune SSSR. Fol. 158. Zoologicheskim Institutom Akademii Nauk SSR, Leningrad, pp. 1 - 489.