In recent years, an undescribed species of Unaspis MacGillivray (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Diaspididae) has become a damaging pest on the fruit crop Lansium domesticum Corrêa (family Meliaceae) in the Philippines.

The morphologies of Fiorinia phantasma (Cockerell & Robinson) (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Diaspididae) and F. coronata Williams & Watson are reviewed, and the name F. coronata is placed as a junior synonym of the name F. phantasma syn. n. The known geographical distribution and host range of F. phantasma is documented and discussed. An identification key to 12 of the 16 species of Fiorinia known f...

A study of the genus Paraputo Laing, 1929 (Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae) from China is provided. Eight Paraputo species are recognized in China, of which two species, P. platanisp. n. and P. yunnanensissp. n., are described as new and P. banzigeri Williams, 2004 is recorded from China for the first time. Two new combinations are introduced, involving transfer of P. citricola Tang, 1992 and P. si...

The radiation of flowering plants in the mid-Cretaceous transformed landscapes and is widely believed to have fuelled the radiations of major groups of phytophagous insects. An excellent group to test this assertion is the scale insects (Coccomorpha: Hemiptera), with some 8,000 described Recent species and probably the most diverse fossil record of any phytophagous insect group preserved in amb...

A study of the mealybug genus Planococcus Ferris, 1950 (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha, Pseudococcidae) known from China is presented and 12 species are recognised. Of these, camelliae Zhang, sp. nov. described as new to science based on morphology adult female, P. bambusifolii (Takahashi, 1951) recorded for first time. Molecular analyses mitochondrial gene cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) a key in...

Medicinal and aromatic plants are used primarily in the medicine, food cosmetic industries. Scale insect species belonging to Coccomorpha (Hemiptera: Sternorryncha) feed on medicinal plants, reducing yield commercial value of these crops. This study aimed determine scale Adana Province between 2015 2017. samples were collected from leaves, trunks, brunches fruits 28 plant examined identified la...

a total of 13 species of coccomorpha (hemiptera) from three scale insect families; coccidae (3), diaspididae (5) and pseudococcidae (5) have been found on ficus carica l. (moraceae) in iran. diaspidiotus braunschvigi (rungs) (diaspididae) is recorded as new record in iran, described and illustrated based on adult females. species that have been previously recorded on f. carica, are listed, and ...

Coccoidea üstfamilyas? (Hemiptera: Sternorryncha: Coccomorpha) tüm dünyada birçok zararl? türe sahiptir. Türkiye’de bulunan coccidlerin control listesi en son 2013 tarihinde yay?nlanm?? olup liste 12 familyadan 359 tür içermi?tir. Bu çal??mada kontrol 18 farkl? familyaya ba?l? 134 cins içerisinde olacak ?ekilde güncellenmi?tir. 20 149 401 güncellenmektedir. coccoidlerin ço?unlu?u Palaearktik ya...