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Issue: Vol. 5696 No. 4: 26 Sept. 2025
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2025-09-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.4.8
Page range: 597-600
Abstract views: 103
PDF downloaded: 4

First record of nigra scale, Parasaissetia nigra (Nietner, 1861) (Hemiptera: Coccidae), in Morocco

Laboratory of Virology; National Institute of Agricultural Research; 14 rue Ibn Temmam; PO Box 257; Kenitra; Morocco.; Laboratory of Plant; Animal; and Agro-Industry Productions; Faculty of Sciences; University Ibn Toufail; Kenitra; Morocco.
Laboratory of Virology; National Institute of Agricultural Research; 14 rue Ibn Temmam; PO Box 257; Kenitra; Morocco.; Laboratory of Plant; Animal; and Agro-Industry Productions; Faculty of Sciences; University Ibn Toufail; Kenitra; Morocco.
Laboratory of Virology; National Institute of Agricultural Research; 14 rue Ibn Temmam; PO Box 257; Kenitra; Morocco.
Laboratory of Plant; Animal; and Agro-Industry Productions; Faculty of Sciences; University Ibn Toufail; Kenitra; Morocco.
Laboratory of Plant; Animal; and Agro-Industry Productions; Faculty of Sciences; University Ibn Toufail; Kenitra; Morocco.
Laboratory of Virology; National Institute of Agricultural Research; 14 rue Ibn Temmam; PO Box 257; Kenitra; Morocco.
Science: Research; Natural History Museum; Cromwell Road; London SW7 5BD; U.K.
Hemiptera Scale insects Coccidae Parasaissetia nigra

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How to Cite

Mrabti, I., Benzahea, H., Grijja, H., Najiba, B., Rabea, Z., Afechtal, M. & Watson, G.W. (2025) First record of nigra scale, Parasaissetia nigra (Nietner, 1861) (Hemiptera: Coccidae), in Morocco. Zootaxa, 5696 (4), 597–600. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.4.8