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Issue: Vol. 4329 No. 5: 9 Oct. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-10-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4329.5.4
Page range: 463–476
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Data on the scale insect (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) fauna of Greece, with description of two new species

Plant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1022 Budapest Herman Ottó u. 15, Hungary
Plant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1022 Budapest Herman Ottó u. 15, Hungary
Plant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1022 Budapest Herman Ottó u. 15, Hungary
Plant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1022 Budapest Herman Ottó u. 15, Hungary
Benaki Phytopathological Institute, Biological Control Laboratory, Kifisia, Greece
Benaki Phytopathological Institute, Biological Control Laboratory, Kifisia, Greece
İmamoğlu Vocational School, Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey Biotechnology Research and Application Center, Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey
Hemiptera Acanthococcidae Pseudococcidae biogeography Greek fauna identification keys

Abstract

Surveys of the scale insect (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) fauna of Greece were carried out in 2013 and 2014. Altogether 93 scale insect species were collected, belonging to 11 families. Thirty-eight species (41%) proved to be new to the Greek fauna, including two species new to science (Anophococcus hellenicus Kaydan & Szita sp. n. (Acanthococcidae) and Iberococcus attikus Szita & Fetykó sp. n. (Pseudococcidae)), and two introduced invasive species (Phenacoccus graminicola Leonardi and Pseudococcus comstocki (Kuwana), both Pseudococcidae). The rest of the species seem to be native to the Greek fauna. The total number of scale insect species recorded from Greece is increased to 253.

 

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