Park bitkilerinde saptanan diaspididae (Homoptera: Coccoidea) türlerinin parazitoit ve predatörleri üzerinde ön araştırma
Ankara ili park bitkilerinde zararlı sekiz Diaspididae türünde yedi predatör ve altı parazitoit türü tespit edilmiştir. Bu avcılar, Coleoptera takımından; Adalia fasciatopunctata revelierei (Mulsant), Chilocorus bipustulatus (L.), Coccinella septempunctata L., Exochomus quadripuspulatus (L.), Harmonia quadripunctata (Pontop), Synharmonia conglobata (L.) (Coccinellidae) ve Cybocephalus fodori minor Endrödy-Younga (Nitidulidae)'dur. Bunlardan C. bipustulatus'un Acanthomytilus cedricole Balachowsky et Alkan, Nuculaspis abietis (Schrank), Carulaspis Juniperi (Bouche), Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (Targioni-Tozzetti), Chionaspis salicis (L.), Salicicola africana (Newstead) türleri ile beslendiği saptanmıştır. Kabuklu bitlerin Hymenoptera takımından parazitoitlerinin ise Aphytis sp., Aspidiotiphagus citrinus (Craw.), Coccophagoides sp., Encarsia leucaspidis (Mercet), Phycus sp. (Aphelinidae) ve Anaphes sp. (Mymaridae) olduğu tespit edlmiştir.
Preliminary studies on parasitoids and predators of diaspididae (Homoptera: Coccoidea) species on park plants
Seven predators and six parasitoids on eight harmful diaspidid species on park plants in Ankara Turkey were recorded. Coleopterous predators of armored scale insects on park plants were Adalia fasiatopunctata revelierei. (Mulsant), Chilocorus bipustulatus (L). Coccinella septempunctata L., Exochomus quadripustulatus (L.), Harmonia quadripunctata (Pontop), Synharmonia conglobata (L) (Coccinellidae) and Cybocephalus fodori minor cedricola Balachowsky et Alkan, Nuculaspis abietis (Schrank), Carulaspis Juniperi (Bouche), Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (Targioni-Tozzetti), Chionaspis sallicis (L), Salicicola africana (Newstead). Hymenopterous parasitoids of diaspidids were determined as Aphytis sp., Aspidiotiphagus citrinus (Craw.), Coccophagoides sp., Encarsia leucaspidis (Mercet), Phycus sp. (Aphelinidae), Anaphes sp (Mymaridae).