A RECORD OF PARLATORIA PITTOSPORI MASK. (HEMIPTERA: DIASPIDIDAE) ON APPLES

Diaspididae (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of Espírito Santo, Brazil

Twenty-seven species of armored scale insects (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) are newly recorded from Espírito Santo, Brazil, and information on the host plants and geographic distribution of the 31 species of Diaspididae that have been identified in the State is provided. New plant host records are reported for 11 of the diaspidid species studied and results are discussed with respect to development ...

A new species of Octaspidiotus (Hemiptera, Diaspididae) from China

Adult females of a new species of armored scale insect, Octaspidiotus shanghaiensis sp. n. are described and illustrated from specimens collected in China. A key is provided for the all described species of Octaspidiotus.

Phoretic dispersal of armored scale crawlers (Hemiptera: Diaspididae).

Dispersal and colonization of new areas by armored scale insects (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) is achieved by mobile first-instar nymphs, called crawlers. Few studies have considered the actual mechanisms by which crawlers disperse, and although crawlers are capable of actively wandering over short distances (generally < 1 m), their dispersal over longer distances has been thought to be wind-mediate...

Feeding behavior of pharoscymnus ovoideus sicard (COL.: coccinellidae) a predator of date palm scale parlatoria blanchardi targ (hom.: diaspididae)

A new species of Poliaspoides MacGillivray (Hemiptera, Diaspididae) on Bambusa siamensis (Poaceae) imported into Turkey.

The adult female and first-instar nymph of a new species of armoured scale insect, Poliaspoides bambusae sp.n. (Diaspididae), is described and illustrated. The new species was collected in Turkey on imported ornamental Bambusa siamensis (Poaceae) from an unknown source.