Open AccessSome 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. Kozär
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 , ecology , coccidae , check list , insect , zoology , botany , library science , pest analysis , 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