Natural enemies of the coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari) (Coleoptera : Scolytidae) in Togo and Cote d'Ivoire, and other insects associated with coffee beans

A search for natural enemies of the coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari), was conducted in Togo and Cote d'Ivoire. Several strains of the fungal entomopathogens Paecilomyces farinosus (Holm ex SF Gray) Brown & Sm ith and Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin were found in each country. This is the first report of P. farinosus infecting coffee berry borer. Lept ophloeus sp. near punctatus (Coleoptera: Laemophloeidae) was observed preyi ng on coffee berry borer larvae for the first time. Cephalonomia stephanode ris Betrem (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) was the most abundant coffee berry bor er parasitoid found in Cote d'Ivoire followed by Phymastichus coffea LaSall e (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae). Both species also occur in Togo, although in v ery low numbers, together with another parasitoid, Prorops nasuta Waterston (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae). Other insects emerging from coffee beans are al so reported.