Three baits for trapping the pitaya flower-bud fly, Dasiops saltans Townsend (Diptera: Lonchaeidae) in yellow pitaya, Selenicereus megalanthus (Cactaceae) orchards were evaluated. The tested baits were hydrolyzed soy protein (without monosodium glutamate), hydrolyzed soy protein with monosodium glutamate (commercial soy sauce), and hydrolyzed corn protein (without monosodium glutamate), which were put into McPhail traps ...

The croton scale, Phalacrococcus howertoni Hodges & Hodgson (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae) is newly reported from the island of Guadeloupe, French West Indies, on several host-plants, including some new host records, i.e., on Spondias cytherea Sonnerat; (Euphorbiaceae), Ocotea membranacea (Sw.) R.A. Howard (Lauraceae), Miconia furfuracea (Vahl) Griseb (Melastomataceae), Ficus citrifolia Mill. (Moraceae) and Piper ...

The croton scale, Phalacrococcus howertoni Hodges & Hodgson (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae) is newly reported from the island of Guadeloupe, French West Indies, on several host-plants, including some new host records, i.e., on Spondias cytherea Sonnerat; (Euphorbiaceae), Ocotea membranacea (Sw.) R.A. Howard (Lauraceae), Miconia furfuracea (Vahl) Griseb (Melastomataceae), Ficus citrifolia Mill. (Moraceae) and Piper ...

Four parasitoids of the passion fruit flower bud fly, Dasiops inedulis Steyskal (Diptera: Lonchaeidae) were collected in the present study, i.e., a larva-pupa type parasitoid, Utetes anastrephae (Viereck) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), and three pupal parasitoids, namely Pachycrepoideus vindemmiae Rondani, Spalangia sp. (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) and Aganaspis sp. (Hymenoptera: Figitidae). In the field we observed a species ...

A list of organisms associated with yellow pitaya crop, Selenicereus megalanthus (K. Schum. ex Vaupel) Moran in Colombia is provided. The main pests of yellow pitaya in Colombia are the flower-bud fly Dasiops saltans Townsend (Diptera: Lonchaeidae) and Leptoglossus zonatus (Dallas) (Hemiptera: Coreidae). In this study we report 29 organisms affecting yellow pitaya: 4 Classes, i.e., Arachnida (1 sp.), Aves (1 sp.), ...

Here we report for the first time the presence of Anagyrus kamali Moursi and Gyranusoidea indica Shafee, Alam and Agarwal (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), parasitoids of the pink hibiscus mealybug (PHM), Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), on San Andres Island, Colombia. Brief notes are provided to allow differentiation of the two parasitoid species.

Here we report for the first time the presence of Anagyrus kamali Moursi and Gyranusoidea indica Shafee, Alam and Agarwal (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), parasitoids of the pink hibiscus mealybug (PHM), Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), on San Andres Island, Colombia. Brief notes are provided to allow differentiation of the two parasitoid species.

A new species of soft scale insect from Colombia and Venezuela, Toumeyella coffeae Kondo sp. nov., is described and illustrated based on the adult female. A taxonomic key to the genera of scale insects of the Toumeyella-group and a list of 49 soft scale insect (Coccidae) species recorded from Coffea spp. worldwide are provided. 

Last September 15, 2017, the Colombian National Abstracting and Indexing System for Serial Publications in Science, Technology and Innovation, Publindex, published the results of the announcement No. 768 for 2016, “Announcement for Indexing of Specialized Colombian Scientific Journals – Publindex”, which measured the national scientific journals by enforcing the criterion of visibility and impact of national journals ...

A new species of soft scale insect from Colombia and Venezuela, Toumeyella coffeae Kondo sp. nov., is described and illustrated based on the adult female. A taxonomic key to the genera of scale insects of the Toumeyella-group and a list of 49 soft scale insect (Coccidae) species recorded from Coffea spp. worldwide are provided.