Natural enemies associated with armoured scale insects were surveyed in Ant
alya province during the years 1992-1996. The surveys yielded 16 species of
predators and 11 species of parasitoids associated with 11 species of scal
e insects. One predator species - Lestodiplosis aonidiellae Harris, one hyp
erparasite species - Ablerus perspeciosus Girault, and one parasitoid speci
es - Coccophagoides moeris (Walker), are recorded for the first time in Tur
key. Three coleopterans, namely, Chilocorus bipustulatus (Linnaeus), Cyboce
phalus fodori-minor Endrody-Younga and Rhyzobius lophanthae (Blaisdell), we
re found to be the most common predators and to be associated with the dive
rse species of diaspidids in Antalya and are known so also in other parts o
f Turkey. Among the parasitoids found, Aphytis chrysomphali (Mercet) and Ap
hytis melinus DeBach are known to be relatively important on Aonidiella aur
andi (Maskell), Aphytis maculicornis (Masi) on Parlatoria oleae (Colvee), A
phytis mytilaspidis (LeBaron) on Lepidosaphes ulmi (Linnaeus), and Encarsia
berlesei (Howard) on Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (Targioni Tozzetti), in Ant
alya and/or other parts of Turkey.