University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Center for Systematic Entomology, Gainesville, Insecta Mundi Florida 2018 Parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) reared from Pseudaulacaspis cockerelli (Cooley) (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) in the Republic of Korea Soo-Jung Suh Animal, Plant and Fisheries Quarantine and Inspection Agency, Busan, KOREA, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi Part of the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Commons, and the Entomology Commons Suh, Soo-Jung, "Parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) reared from Pseudaulacaspis cockerelli (Cooley) (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) in the Republic of Korea" (2018). Insecta Mundi. 1136. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/1136 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Center for Systematic Entomology, Gainesville, Florida at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Insecta Mundi by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. March 30 INSECTA 2018 0612 1–6 A Journal of World Insect Systematics MUNDI 0612 Parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) reared from Pseudaulacaspis cockerelli (Cooley) (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) in the Republic of Korea Soo-Jung Suh Plant Quarantine Technology Center/APQA 167, Yongjeon 1-ro, Gimcheon-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do Republic of Korea 39660 Date of issue: March 30, 2018 CENTER FOR SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY, INC., Gainesville, FL Soo-Jung Suh Parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) reared from Pseudaulacaspis cockerelli (Cooley) (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) in the Republic of Korea Insecta Mundi 0612: 1–6 ZooBank Registered: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:76E135EB-2671-4081-9C83-6E15073BC6DA Published in 2018 by Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc. P.O. 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Through this survey, four species of aphelinid, one species of encyrtid, and one species of signiphorid wasp (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) were collected and identified as follows:Aphytis japonicus DeBach and Azim, Encarsia berlesei (Howard), Marietta carnesi (Howard), Pteroptrix sp. 2, Arrhenophagus chionaspidis Aurivillius, and Chartocerus subaenus (Förster). Among these, C. subaenus is recorded newly from the Korean parasitoid fauna. Also, three species of aphelinids and one species of signiphorid are newly added as parasitic wasps as- sociated with Pseudaulacaspis cockerelli (Cooley) (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) from Korea. In this paper, the list of parasitoid species of P. cockerelli that occur in Korea is updated and a brief diagnosis and photographs of these species are provided. Key words. Aphelinidae, Encyrtidae, Signiphoridae, parasitic wasps, false oleander scale. Introduction The false oleander scale, Pseudaulacaspis cockerelli (Cooley), was first reported in the Republic of Korea (Korea) in 1941 by Kanda and has become one of most common armored scale insects occurring on various ornamental plants across Korea (Paik 1978; Paik 2000; Kwon and Han 2003; Kwon et al. 2005). To date, the author examined specimens of this species from 69 host plant species including Taxus cuspidata Siebold and Zucc. (Taxaceae) and Ginkgo biloba L. (Ginkgoaceae), the most frequently recorded hosts. This species has two generations a year in Korea and is most prevalent in the temperate zone of the country. It is found on the upper and lower leaf surfaces and on the stems of their hosts. Besides its unwanted presence, it causes chlorotic spots on leaves that are visible from the upper and lower leaf surface near the point of scale attachment. Heavy infestations can cause leaves to become completely chlorotic and drop off prematurely (Leibee and Savage 1994; Paik 2000). Insecticidal control of scale insects is generally considered most effective when applications are timed to coincide with the presence of the crawler stage. But, excessive use of insecticides actually increased the number of scale species in urban plantings (Raupp et al. 2001). A survey of the parasit- oids of P. cockerelli to discover a good biological control agent for the false oleander scale was recently conducted in Korea. According to the Noyes’ Universal Chalcidoidea Database (Noyes 2017), eleven species of parasitoids, including seven aphelinid species, three encyrtid species, and one signiphorid species, have been reported to parasitize or be associated with P. cockerelli. In Korea, Aphytis albus Li and Yang, Marietta carnesi (Howard), Pteroptrix sp. 1 (Aphelinidae), Adelencyrtus kosef (Li and Byun), and Arrhenophagus chionaspidis Aurivillius (Encyrtidae) had been recorded previously (Paik 1978; Li and Byun 2001; Li et al. 2001; Li et al. 2002; Li and Yang 2004). Through this survey, four species of aphelinid, one species of encyrtid, and one species of signiphorid wasps were collected and identified as follows; Aphytis japonicus DeBach and Azim, Encarsia berlesei (Howard), Marietta carnesi (Howard), Pteroptrix sp. 2, Arrhenophagus chionaspidis Aurivillius, and Chartocerus subaenus (Förster). Among these, Chartocerus subaenus (Förster) is newly recorded from the Korean parasitoid fauna. Also, three species of aphelinids and one species of signiphorid are newly added as parasitic wasps associated with P. cockerelli from Korea. In this paper, the list of parasitoid species of P. cockerelli that occur in Korea is updated. A brief diagnosis and habitus photograph of each of the four species newly documented in Korea from this diaspidid host are also provided. 2 • INSECTA MUNDI 0612, March 2018 SUH Materials and Methods To collect as many parasitoid specimens as possible, attempts were made to rear them from the samples of the false oleander scale, P. cockerelli infesting leaves and twigs of Akebia quinata (Houtt) Decne. (Lardizabalaceae), Chaenomeles speciosa (Sweet) Nak. (Rosaceae), Cornus controversa Hemsl. (Cornaceae), Diospyros kaki L.f. (Ebenaceae), Ginkgo biloba L. (Ginkgoaceae), Ligustrum obtusifolium Siebold and Zucc. (Oleaceae), and Taxus cuspidata Siebold and Zucc. (Taxaceae) from 2014 to 2017. Of these, the parasitoids used in this study were collected from P. cockerelli infesting D. kaki, L. obtusifolium, and T. cuspidata. Some specimens of the species