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New Records of Invasive Insects (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha) in Southeast Asia and West Africa

2009; Volume: 26; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3954/1523-5475-26.4.167

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R. Muniappan, B. Merle Shepard, Gillian W. Watson, G. R. Carner, A. Rauf, Dewi Sartiami, Purnama Hidayat, J. V. K. Afun, Georg Goergen, AKMZ Rahman,

Insect behavior and control techniques

Several sap-sucking insects (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha) of neotropical origin have been accidentally introduced to Southeast Asia and West Africa in recent years, including the mealybugs Paracoccus marginatus Williams & Granara de Willink, Phenacoccus madeirensis Green, Phenacoccus manihoti Matile-Ferrero, Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley, Pseudococcus jackbeardsleyi Gimpel & Miller, and the whitefly Aleurodicus dugesii Cockerell (Aleyrodidae). This paper documents new distribution records of introduced mealybugs and some other sap-sucking hemipteran insects (Coccidae and Diaspididae) in these regions and discusses progress in the biological control of some of these pests.