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This month’s pest alerts contains the first report of the pest Urentius euonymus on Althea in Turkey (© Pexels)

We’ve selected a few of the latest new geographic, host and species records for plant pests and diseases from CAB Abstracts. Records this fortnight include a report on a new pest on Althea in Turkey, a new species of longhorn beetle (Cerambycidae) in Albania and the first report of Angarus as an egg parasitoid of the banana lacewing bug (Stephanitis typica).

• Pest status of Dactylopius opuntiae(Cockerell) (Hemiptera: Dactylopiidae) and new records of scale insects from northern Turkish Republic of Cyprus. Ülgentürk, S.; Hocaalİ, S. Ș. (2019) Munis Entomology & Zoology 14 (1) 294-300.
• The “ADASI” lace bug Urentius euonymusDistant, 1909 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingidae) a new pest on Althea (Malvaceae) in southeastern Anatolian region of Turkey. Bolu, H.; Çelİk, H.; Kuștoğan, N. (2019) Munis Entomology & Zoology 14 (1) 265-269.
• Biodiversity and zoogeography of Cicadomorpha (excl. Deltocephalinae) species from southwestern Turkey (Insecta: Hemiptera). Demİr, E. (2019) Munis Entomology & Zoology 14 (1) 236-243.
• Contributions to Coreoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) fauna of Western Black Sea Region. Fent, M.; Dursun, A. (2019) Munis Entomology & Zoology 14 (1) 217-223.
• Ectoparasitoid Braconinae species (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of plant pest (Coleoptera, Diptera, Lepidoptera and Hymenoptera) determined from Bİngöl, Bİtlİs, Muș and Van provinces of Turkey. Beyarslan, A.; Șahİn, F. (2019) Munis Entomology & Zoology 14 (1) 136-147.
• Vadonia albanica nov. – description of a new species from Albania (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Vartanis, J. (2019) Munis Entomology & Zoology 14 (1) 104-107.
• Natural enemies of banana lacewing bug, Stephanitis typica(Distant) in India, including first report of Anagrus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) as its egg parasitoid. Poorani, J.; Padmanaban, B.; Thanigairaj, R. (2019) Munis Entomology & Zoology 14 (1) 83-87.
• New or interesting records of longhorn beetles fauna of Pakistan (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Rapuzzi, P.; Kuleshov, D. A.; Fazal, T. M.; Ahmed, Z.; Hussain, A. (2019) Munis Entomology & Zoology 14 (1) 62-79.
• Pest species of Aphidomorpha and Coccomorpha (Hemiptera) on conifers urban areas of Ankara, Turkey. Ülgentürk, S.; Özdemİr, I.; Muștu, M.; Dostbİl, Ö.; Erbaș, C. (2019) Munis Entomology & Zoology 14 (1) 51-61.
• A new species of GastrancistrusWestwood (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) reared from apricot flower midge,Contarina pruniflorum Coutin & Rambier (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in Malatya province, Turkey. Doğanlar, M.; Yİğİt, T. (2019) Munis Entomology & Zoology 14 (1) 24-27.

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