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Issue: Vol. 4012 No. 1: 2 Sept. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-09-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4012.1.3
Page range: 57–77
Abstract views: 21
PDF downloaded: 2

Check list and zoogeographic analysis of the scale insect fauna (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) of Greece

University of Padova, Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment DAFNAE, viale dell’Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, Italy.
University of Padova, Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment DAFNAE, viale dell’Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, Italy.
Laboratory of Biological Control, Department of Entomology and Agricultural Zoology, Benaki Phytopathological Institute, Athens, Greece
Technological Educational Institute of Peloponnese, Department of Agricultural Technology, Laboratory of Agricultural Entomology and Zoology, 24100 Antikalamos, Greece
Department of Zoology, Plant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Herman Otto 15, 1022 Budapest, Hungary
Hemiptera biogeography chorotypes Crete mainland Greece

Abstract

This paper presents an updated checklist of the Greek scale insect fauna and the results of the first zoogeographic analysis of the Greek scale insect fauna. According to the latest data, the scale insect fauna of the whole Greek territory includes 207 species; of which 187 species are recorded from mainland Greece and the minor islands, whereas only 87 species are known from Crete. The most rich families are the Diaspididae (with 86 species), followed by Coccidae (with 35 species) and Pseudococcidae (with 34 species). In this study the results of a zoogeographic analysis of scale insect fauna from mainland Greece and Crete are also presented. Five species, four from mainland Greece and one from Crete are considered to be endemic. Comparison with the scale insect fauna of other countries is provided.