title: Scale insects and mealy bugs (Homoptera: Coccoidea) attacking deciduous fruit trees in the western north coast of Alexandria, Egypt.
abstract: This investigation covered a survey of scale insects and mealy bugs infesting ten growing species of deciduous fruit trees in three localities in Alexandria govemorate. These localities were Merghem, Burg El-Arab, and El-Nahda about 50 Km. West of Alexandria under both rain-fed and irrigation system conditions. The common inspected fruit trees were fig, white mulberry, pomegranate, apple, pear, apricot, European plum, peach, almond, and persimmon. It was shown that a group of twenty scale insects and meaty bug species pertaining to fifteen genera belonging to six families of the super family: Coccoidea were collected and identified during the elapsing period from January to December, 2004. Among these species, Diaspidiotus perniciosus (Comstock) was recorded for the first time in Egypt. In the present study, many insect and non-insect parasitoids and predators were also found associated with these scale insects and mealy bugs on deciduous fruit trees in the three concerned localities throughout this investigation. These natural enemies were identified and recorded.
authors.affiliation: Agricultural Research Center, Alexandria, Egypt.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Mourad
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Moursi Khadiga
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Mesbah
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Abdel-Razak Soad
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002980:Climate; D017753:Ecosystem; D004534:Egypt; D030681:Ficus / Q000469:parasitology; D005638:Fruit / Q000469:parasitology*; D005843:Geography; D006430:Hemiptera / Q000145:classification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D027845:Malus / Q000469:parasitology; D031658:Olea / Q000469:parasitology; D014197:Trees / Q000469:parasitology*