Some additions to the Scale insect fauna (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of Crete with a check list of the species known from the island | Zendy

Giuseppina Pellizzari | Zendy; Francesco Porcelli | Zendy; G. Seljak | Zendy; F. Kozár | Zendy

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Some additions to the Scale insect fauna (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of Crete with a check list of the species known from the island

Author(s) -

Giuseppina Pellizzari,

Francesco Porcelli,

G. Seljak,

F. Kozár

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

journal of entomological and acarological research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.335

H-Index - 6

eISSN - 2279-7084

pISSN - 2038-324X

DOI - 10.4081/jear.2011.291

Subject(s) - diaspididae , scale insect , hemiptera , fauna , biology , homoptera , check list , coccidae , ecology , botany , pest analysis , library science , computer science

A list of the scale insects (Homoptera: C occoidea) recorded by the authors for the Greek island of C rete is reported. This includes twenty-seven species new to the island The most interesting records are Kermes palestiniensis Balachowsky (Kermesidae), only recorded previously from Israel, and Getulaspis bupleuri (Marchal) (Diaspididae), only known previously from North A frica and the Middle E ast. With the present additions, the number of scale insect species recorded on C rete has reached 82. A revised check list of the scales presently known from the island is also provided

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