Parasitoids of Pseudococcus comstocki in Italy. Clausenia purpurea and Chrysoplatycerus splendens: first records from Europe

The occurrence of Clausenia purpurea Ishii and Chrysoplatycerus splendens (Howard) (Hymenoptera Encyrtidae) in Europe (It-aly) is here reported for the first time. These species were reared from females of the Comstock mealybug, Pseudococcus com-stocki (Kuwana) (Hemiptera Pseudococcidae), a species accidentally introduced into Italy. The complex of P. comstocki antago-nists in Italy includes two other encyrtid species, already reported from Italy, namely Acerophagus maculipennis (Mercet) and Anagyrus sp. near pseudococci (Girault