Abstract

MYARTSEVA, Svetlana Nikolaevna; RUIZ-CANCINO, Enrique  and  CORONADO-BLANCO, Juana María. Current knowledge of natural enemies (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) of armoured scales (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) in Mexico and description of a Coccobius new species. Acta Zool. Mex [online]. 2016, vol.32, n.1, pp.81-89. ISSN 2448-8445.

Some species of the family Aphelinidae are the most important parasitoids of armored scales (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) economically important in the world. At present, 44 species in five genera had been identified as parasitoids of 27 species of armored scales in Mexico. Information about the genera of Aphelinidae attacking armored scales in this country is included in this manuscript, a key for their identification, and complete lists of aphelinid parasitoids and their hosts are composed. Moreover, a new species of the genus Coccobius Ratzeburg, parasitoid of Diaspididae, is described.

Keywords : Aphelinidae; Diaspididae; new species; Coccobius; Mexico.