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Taxonomic position |
Hemiptera: Reduviidae |
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Years of introduction |
1965, 1979 | |
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Sources |
Zanzibar via Malaysia, Pakistan and Western
Samoa (1965) East Africa (1979) |
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Target pest |
Oryctes rhinoceros (L.) | |
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Crop |
Coconut | |
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Present status |
Released and initially recovered, but not established | |
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References 1. Sankaran, T. 1974. Natural enemies introduced in recent years for biological control of agricultural pests in India. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 44 (7): 425-433. 2. Singh, S.P. 1994. Fifteen years of AICRP on biological control. Project Directorate of Biological Control (ICAR), Bangalore, India. Technical Bulletin No. 8, 323 p. 3. Manjunath, T.M., Kamath, M.K. and Rao, V.P. 1969. Investigations on natural enemies of Oryctes rhinoceros (L.) (Col., Scarabaeidae) in India. CIBC Technical Bulletin, (11): 65-91. |
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