List of works by José Carlos Franco

A common mode of attraction of larvae and adults of insect predators to the sex pheromone of their prey (Hemiptera: Matsucoccidae).

scientific article published in April 2006

An annotated checklist of ladybeetle species (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) of Portugal, including the Azores and Madeira Archipelagos

scientific article published on 02 August 2021

Ant Diversity Is Enhanced by Ecological Infrastructures in Agroecosystems: A Case Study in Irrigated Mediterranean Farmland

scientific article published in 2022

Ant community associated to citrus canopy in Southern Portugal over a century after the invasion by the Argentine ant

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Ants as Bioindicators of Riparian Ecological Health in Catalonian Rivers

scientific article published in 2021

Contrasting Phenotypic Variability of Life-History Traits of Two Feral Populations of Macrolophus pygmaeus (Hemiptera: Miridae) under Two Alternative Diets

scientific article published in 2022

Defense Response of Native and Alien Mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) Against the Solitary Parasitoid Anagyrus sp. nr. pseudococci (Girault) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae)

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Diel periodicity of pheromone release by females of Planococcus citri and Planococcus ficus and the temporal flight activity of their conspecific males.

scientific article published in July 2014

Ecological Infrastructures May Enhance Lepidopterans Predation in Irrigated Mediterranean Farmland, Depending on Their Typology and the Predator Guild

scientific article published on 28 March 2022

Evidence for gene flow between two sympatric mealybug species (Insecta; Coccoidea; Pseudococcidae).

scientific article

First record of the lawn chinch bug Blissus insularis Barber (Hemiptera: Blissidae) in Europe

scientific article published on 05 March 2021

First record of the pepper tree psyllid, Calophya schini Tuthill (Hemiptera, Calophyidae), in the Palaearctic region

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First report of Epichrysocharis burwelli in Europe, a new invasive gall wasp atacking eucalypts

First report of the citrus leafhopper Penthimiola bella (Stål) (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae) in Europe

Global Overview of Ecosystem Services Provided by Riparian Vegetation

Hercinothrips dimidiatus Hood (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), a new pest of Aloe arborescens Miller in Europe

Host selection behaviour and specificity of the solitary parasitoid of mealybugsAnagyrussp. nr.pseudococci(Girault) (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae)

scholarly article by Abdalbaset A.A. Bugila et al published 5 November 2013 in Biocontrol Science and Technology

Impact of the Invasive Argentine Ant in Citrus Agroecosystems: Effects on the Diversity and Frequency of Native Ant Species Foraging on Tree Canopy ⬇️

scientific article published on 11 November 2020

Kairomonal response of predators to three pine bast scale sex pheromones.

scientific article published on 23 May 2006

Male behaviors reveal multiple pherotypes within vine mealybug Planococcus ficus (Signoret) (Hemiptera; Pseudococcidae) populations

scientific article published on 28 October 2010

Mating Behavior and Performance in the Two Cosmopolitan Mealybug Species Planococcus citri and Pseudococcus calceolariae (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)

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Modelling response of insect trap captures to pheromone dose

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Molecular evidence of polyandry in the citrus mealybug, Planococcus citri (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae).

scientific article published on 03 July 2013

Paracoccus leucadendri Mazzeo & Franco in Mazzeo, Franco & Russo, 2009, a junior synonym of Paracoccus hakeae (Williams, 1985) comb. nov. (Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae)

scientific article

Paternal inheritance in mealybugs (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae).

scientific article published on 5 August 2014

Phylogeographical patterns inCoenosia attenuata(Diptera: Muscidae): a widespread predator of insect species associated with greenhouse crops

Presence of the Eucalyptus gall wasp Ophelimus maskelli and its parasitoid Closterocerus chamaeleon in Portugal: First record, geographic distribution and host preference

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Sexual maturation and aging of adult male mealybug (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae).

scientific article published on 15 November 2011

Suitability of five mealybug species (Hemiptera, Pseudococcidae) as hosts for the solitary parasitoidAnagyrussp. nr.pseudococci(Girault) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae)

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Synthesis and structure-activity relationship of diene modified analogs of Matsucoccus sex pheromones.

scientific article published on 24 May 2003

Vine mealybug sex pheromone increases citrus mealybug parasitism by Anagyrus sp. near pseudococci (Girault)

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Eradication programs against non-native pests and pathogens of woody plants in Europe: which factors influence their success or failure?

scientific article published in 2023

Modelling the invasion dynamics of the African citrus psyllid: The role of human-mediated dispersal and urban and peri-urban citrus trees

scientific article published in 2023

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