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Notes: Coccophagus scutellaris is one of the specific parasitoids that attack soft scale insects in Egypt. In the present study, Coccophagus scutellaris was reared from 6 species of soft scale insects. These are Ceroplastes floridensis, Coccus hesperidum, Pulvinaria floccifera [Chloropulvinaria floccifera], P. psidii, Saissetia coffeae and S. oleae. The abundance of Coccophagus scutellaris was monitored from July 1999 to November 2000 in five localities (Beni-Suef, Cairo, Giza, Gharbiya, Northern coast) in Egypt. Coccophagus scutellaris is considered an effective parasitoid of S. coffeae and S. oleae with maximum parasitism rates reaching 26% and 22% in November and August 1999, respectively.