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Issue: Vol. 4567 No. 3: 18 Mar. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-03-18
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4567.3.7
Page range: 561–566
Abstract views: 72
PDF downloaded: 2

A new species of soft scale insect (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) on fig trees in Iran

Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection (IRIPP), Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, P.O. Box 19395-1454, Iran
Plant Protection Management, Nader Avenue, Shiraz, Iran.
Hemiptera Ericerus farsicus Saissetia miranda pest Ficus carica

Abstract

The adult female of a soft scale insect species from Iran, Ericerus farsicus Moghaddam & Faghih, sp. n. (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae), is described and illustrated. The species is placed in the subfamily Eulecaniinae and belongs to the Ericerus-group, based on possession of numerous stigmatic spines in each spiracular cleft. In addition, the soft scale species Saissetia miranda (Cockerell & Parrott) is recorded as new pest on Ficus carica (Moraceae) in Iran.

 

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