A New Parasitization Record of Haliaspis spartinae (Diaspididae) and Encarsia ellisvillensis sp. nov. (Chalcidoidea: Aphelinidae) from the United States

George Japoshvili; Ellen Russell

doi:10.1603/AN11110

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George Japoshvili,^* Ellen Russell¹

¹2Department of Plant, Soil, and Insect Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.

^*Corresponding author: Entomology and Biocontrol Research Centre, Agriculture University of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia (e-mail: giorgij70@yahoo.com).

Abstract

Spartina alterniflora Loisel. and Haliaspis spartinae (Comstock) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae), with its parasitoid, were surveyed in Ellisville Marsh, Massachusetts. Average scale density on the damaged leaves was equal to 265 individuals per 10 cm². Parasitization of H. spartinae was recorded for the first time; however, the percentage was very low at 2.67%. The parasitoid is a new species for science and is described as Encarsia ellisvillensis Japoshvili & Russell sp. nov.

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George Japoshvili and Ellen Russell "A New Parasitization Record of Haliaspis spartinae (Diaspididae) and Encarsia ellisvillensis sp. nov. (Chalcidoidea: Aphelinidae) from the United States," Annals of the Entomological Society of America 105(3), 493-497, (1 May 2012). https://doi.org/10.1603/AN11110

Received: 17 June 2011; Accepted: 1 January 2012; Published: 1 May 2012