Some coccinellid scale and aphid predators (coleoptera, subfamily, chilocorinae)‎ prevalent in North East, Khorasan Province of Iran

Abstract EN

th East, Khorasan Province of Iran.

Arab J.

Pl.

Prot.

21: 60-62.

The study of Coccinellidae (Coleoptera, subfamily Chilocorinae) fauna was conducted in 1997/1998 in north east of Khorasan Province of Iran.

Collected species from subfamily Chilocorinae belonged to tribe Chilocorini.

In this paper one tribe, three genera and five species were recorded: Brumus octosignatus Gebler, Chilocorus bipustulatus L., Exochomus quadripustulatus L., E.

flavips Thunberg.

and E.

melanocephalus Zoubkoff.

from subfamily Chilocorinae.

Their distribution and host range in Mashhad region were described.

Among the five species studied, one was recorded for the first time from Iran and all five for the first time in Khorasan province