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Table 1 Date of first use by EPPO area, reported by EPPO for Morocco and date of first report and/or use in Moroccan citrus groves, related to native benefit species in citrus groves in Morocco

From: Beneficial insect community of Moroccan citrus groves: assessment of their potential to enhance biocontrol services

Species

Nature

Family

Date of first use by EPPO area

Reported by EPPO for Morocco

Date of first report /use in Moroccan citrus groves

First references

Ablerus (Azotus) chrysomphali (Ghesquière 1960)

Par

Aphelinidae

No

No

1950/No

(Smirnoff 1956), (Ghesquière 1960), (Bénassy and Euverte 1968a, 1968b)

Aphytis chrysomphali (Mercet, 1912)

Par

Aphelinidae

No

No

1956/No

(Thompson 1953), (Smirnoff 1956)

Aphytis hispanicus (Mercet, 1912)

Par

Aphelinidae

No

No

? /No

(Abbassi 1975c); (Rosen and DeBach 1979)

Coccophagus semicircularis (Forster, 1841)

Par

Aphelinidae

No

No

1929/No

(Smirnoff 1956)

Coccophagus lycimnia (Walker, 1839)

Par

Aphelinidae

No

No

1949/No

(Smirnoff 1956)

Coccophagus scutellaris (Dalman, 1825)

Par

Aphelinidae

No

No

1929/No

(Smirnoff 1956)

Encarsia citrina (Crawford, 1891)

Par

Aphelinidae

1984

Yes

? /No

(Thompson 1953)

Encarsia sp.

Par

Aphelinidae

  

/No

(Smaili et al. 2013)

Encarsia sophia (Girault and Dodd, 1915)

Par

Aphelinidae

No

No

1992/No

(Abbassi and Lakhlifi 1994)

Encarsia lounsburyi (Berlese and Paoli, 1918)

Par

Aphelinidae

No

No

1948/No

(Smirnoff 1956)

Marietta leopardina (Motschulsky, 1863)

Par

Aphelinidae

 

No

/No

(Ghesquiere 1960), (Benassy and Euverte 1967) , (Hayat 1986)

Aphidius ervi (Haliday, 1834)

Par

Braconidae

1995

Yes

? /No

(Stary and Sekkat 1987)

Aphidius sp.probably Aphidius colemani (Viereck)

Par

Braconidae

No

No

? /No

(Smaili et al. 2009, 2013)

Lysiphlebus fabarum (Marshall, 1896)

Par

Braconidae

No

No

? /No

(Stary and Sekkat 1987)

Microgaster sp1. (Latreille, 1804)

Par

Braconidae

  

/No

(Delucchi and Merle 1962)

Microgaster sp.2 (Latreille, 1804)

Par

Braconidae

  

/No

(Delucchi and Merle 1962)

Psyttalia concolor (Szepligeti, 1910)

Par

Braconidae

1914

No

? /No

(Malausa et al. 2008)

Anagyrus pseudococci (Girault, 1915)

Par

Encyrtidae

1995

Yes

? /No

(Smaili et al. 2013),

Rizqi and Bihi Com. pers.

Coccidoxenoides perminutus (Girault, 1915)

Par

Encyrtidae

No

No

? /No

(Smaili et al. 2013)

Rizqi and Bihi Com. Pers.

Habrolepis diaspidi (Risbec, 1951)

Par

Encyrtidae

No

No

1965/No

(Compere and Annecke 1961), (Delucchi and Traboulsi 1965), (Benassy and Euverte 1967)

Habrolepis dalmanni (Westwood, 1837)

Par

Encyrtidae

No

No

1950/No

(Thompson 1953), (Smirnoff 1956)

Leptomastidea abnormis (Girault, 1915)

Par

Encyrtidae

1984

Yes

? /No

(OILB 1971), (Noyes and Hayat 1994), Abdelkhalek et al. (1998)

Elachertus affinis (Masi, 1911) (syn. Artaeus Walker)

Par

Eulophidae

?

 

/No

(Delucchi and Merle 1962)

Cirrospilus pictus (Nees, 1834)

Par

Eulophidae

No

No

/No

FAO (1996),

(Smaili et al. 1999b)

Cirrospilus vittatus (Walker, 1838)

Par

Eulophidae

No

No

/No

(FAO 1996)

Pnigalio sp.

Par

Eulophidae

No

No

/No

(FAO 1996)

Euseius scutalis (Athias-Henriot, 1958)

Pred

Phytoseiidae

No

No

? /No

(Meyerdirk and Coudriet 1986),

(McMurtry and Bounfour 1989)

Euseius stipulatus (Athias-Henriot, 1960)

Pred

Phytoseiidae

No

No

? /No

(Bounfour and McMurtry 1987)

Iphiseius degenerans (Berlese, 1889)

Pred

Phytoseiidae

1993

No

1981/No

(McMurtry and Bounfour 1989)

Phytoseiulus persimilis (Athias-Henriot, 1957)

Pred

Phytoseiidae

1968

no

? /No

(McMurtry and Bounfour 1989)

Typhlodromus phialatus (Athias-Henriot, 1960)

Pred

Phytoseiidae

No

No

1989 /No

(McMurtry and Bounfour 1989)

Amblyseius andersoni (Chant, 1957)

Pred

Phytoseiidae

No

No

2003 /No

(Tixier 2013)

Typhlodromus foenilis (Oudemans, 1930)

Pred

Phytoseiidae

No

No

2013 /No

(Tixier 2013, Tixier et al. 2016)

Harpalus sp.

Pred

Carabidae

No

No

2009/No

(Smaili 2009), (Smaili et al. 2013)

Pseudoophonus rufipes (De Geer, 1774)

Pred

Carabidae

No

No

2009/No

(Smaili 2009),

(Smaili et al. 2013)

Cicindella sp.

Pred

Cicindellidae

No

No

2009/No

(Smaili et al. 2009)

Adalia decempunctata (L., 1758)

Pred

Coccinellidae

No

No

1931/No

(Smirnoff 1956),

(Smaili et al. 2010-Smaili et al. 2013)

Adalia bipunctata (L., 1758)

Pred

Coccinellidae

Yes

Yes

? /No

(Smaili et al. 2006, Smaili et al. 2010a, Smaili et al. 2013)

Chilocorus bipustulatus (L., 1758)

Pred

Coccinellidae

1959

Oui

1954/Yes*

Smirnoff (1954, 1956)

Clitosthetus arcuatus (Rossi, 1794)

Pred

Coccinellidae

No

No

1931/No

(Smirnoff 1956),

(Abbassi 1990)

Coccinella septempunctata (L., 1758)

Pred

Coccinellidae

1980

Yes

1929/No

(Smirnoff 1956),

(Smaili et al. 2010, 2013)

Exochomus nigromaculatus (Goeze, 1777)

Pred

Coccinellidae

No

No

1933/No

(Smirnoff 1956),

(Smaili et al. 2010, 2013)

Exochomus quadripustulatus (L., 1758)

Pred

Coccinellidae

No

No

1949/No

(Smirnoff 1956),

(Smaili et al. 2013)

Harmonia quadripunctata (Pontoppidan, 1763)

Pred

Coccinellidae

No

No

1956/No

(Smirnoff 1956),

(Smaili et al. 2013)

Hippodamia variegata (Goeze, 1777)

Pred

Coccinellidae

no

no

1931/No

(Smirnoff 1956)

(Smaili et al. 2013)

Hyperaspis reppensis (Herbst, 1783)

Pred

Coccinellidae

No

No

1953/No

(Smirnoff 1956), (Abbassi 1990)

Nephus ulbrichi (Fursch, 1977)

Pred

Coccinellidae

No

No

1949/No

(Smaili et al. 2013)

Oenopia conglobata (L., 1758)

Pred

Coccinellidae

No

No

2010 (1956 in Morocco) /No

(Smirnoff 1956),

(Smaili et al. 2013)

Oenopia doublieri (Mulsant, 1846)

Pred

Coccinellidae

No

No

1953/No

(Smirnoff 1956)

Platynaspis luteorubra (Goeze, 1777)

Pred

Coccinellidae

No

No

1933/No

(Smirnoff 1956)

(Smaili et al. 2013)

Pharoscymnus setulosus (Chevrolat, 1861)

Pred

Coccinellidae

No

No

2011 (1952 in Morocco) /No

(Smirnoff 1956),

(Smaili et al. 2013)

Propylea quatuordecimpunctata (L., 1758)

Pred

Coccinellidae

No

No

2007/No

(Smaili et al. 2006, 2010, 2013)

Rhyzobius chrysomeloides (Herbst, 1792)

Pred

Coccinellidae

No

No

Before 1990/No

(Abbassi 1990)

Rhyzobius litura (Fabricius, 1787)

Pred

Coccinellidae

No

No

1956/No

(Smirnoff 1956)

Scymnus apetzi (Mulsant, 1846)

Pred

Coccinellidae

No

No

1930/No

(Smirnoff 1956),

(Smaili et al. 2010, 2013)

Scymniscus biguttatus (Mulsant, 1850)

Pred

Coccinellidae

No

No

1956/No

(Smirnoff 1956),

(Smaili et al. 2013)

Scymnus levaillanti (Mulsant, 1850)

Pred

Coccinellidae

No

No

1951/No

(Smirnoff 1956)

Scymnus interruptus (Goeze, 1777)

Pred

Coccinellidae

No

No

1931/No

(Smirnoff 1956)

Scymnus marinus (Mulsant, 1850)

Pred

Coccinellidae

No

No

1951/No

(Smirnoff 1956)

Stethorus punctillum (Weise, 1891)

Pred

Coccinellidae

1995

Yes

? /No

(Smaili et al. 1999a, 2010)

Scymnus sp.1

Pred

Coccinellidae

No

No

2007/No

(Smaili et al. 2010, 2013)

Scymnus sp.2; probablyScymnus rufipes (Fabricius, 1798)

Pred

Coccinellidae

No

No

2008/No

(Smaili et al. 2010, 2013)

Scymnus subvillosus (Goeze, 1777)

Pred

Coccinellidae

No

No

1931/No

(Smirnoff 1956),

(Smaili et al. 2009, 2010)

Scymnus suturalis (Thunberg, 1795)

Pred

Coccinellidae

No

No

1927/No

(Smirnoff 1956)

Cybocephalus sp.

Pred

Nitidulidae

No

No

1956 /No

(Smirnoff 1956)

Cybocephalus rabaticus (Smirnoff 1956)

Pred

Nitidulidae

No

No

1952/No

(Smirnoff 1991), (Arahou 2008)

Aphidoletes Aphidimyza (Rondani, 1847)

Pred

Cecidomyiidae

1985

Yes

? /No

?

Leucopis griseola (Fallén, 1823)

Pred

Chamaemyiidae

No

No

1956 /No

(Smirnoff 1956)

Simosyrphus sp.

Pred

Syrphidae

No

No

1956 /No

(Smirnoff 1956)

Anthocoris sp.

Pred

Anthocoridae

No

No

1956 /No

(Smaili 2009)

Orius sp.

Pred

Anthocoridae

No

No

? /No

(Smaili 2009)

Cardiastethus nazarenus (Reuter, 1884)

Pred

Anthocoridae

No

No

1956 /No

(Smirnoff 1956)

Chrysoperla carnea (Stephens, 1836)

Pred

Chrysopidae

1987

Yes

? /No

?

Conwentzia psociformis (Curtis, 1834)

Pred

Coniopterigidae

No

No

? /No

(Smaili 2009, 2013)

Aeolothrips sp.

Pred

Aeolothripidae

No

No

? /No

?

Franklinothrips sp.

Pred

Aeolothripidae

No

No

? /No

Personal observation

  1. Para parasitoid; Pred. predator
  2. *Biological control only with C.bipustulatus var .iranensis