first report on natural enemies of lixus pulverulentus on faba bean crops in tunisia. boukhrisbouhachem,
s., hmem-bourissa, m., and souissi r. (tunisia)
proceedings of the 10th international scientific symposium on electrical power engineering, elektroenergetika 20192016Vol. 11pp. 245-250
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Abstract
The insect Lixus pulverulentus is known to attack faba bean and to induce many damages on plants.
The bioecology studies of L. pulverulentus was conducted at Béja (North-West of Tunisia) and
Kairouan (Center of Tunisia). We report here the first identification of a natural enemies of L.
pulverulentus (syn. L. algirus), a parasitoid wasp Pteromalus lixiand a predatory fly Zeuxia aberrans at
both Béja and Kairouan. Parasitization incited by wasps was of about 0.8-2.6% and that displayed by
larvae of flies was around 1.3-4.7%, respectively, which are considered low parasitism rates. Rearing
attempts of thiswasp may be useful forbiological control of beetles based on indigenous natural
enemies.