dubas bug, ommatissus lybicus de bergevin (hem.: tropiduchidae), is a key pest of date palms in iran.this pest was first reported on date palms in 1966 and has been established throughout the date producing regions in southern iran since. date palm is the only host plant of dubas bug. it attacks almost all date palm varieties, esp. mazafati variety in city of bam, kerman province and other vari...

The tropiduchid monotypic genus Laberia Stål, 1866, endemic to Madagascar, is placed in a new tribe of its own Laberiini trib. nov. the subfamily Elicinae, and can be distinguished from other representatives by unique combination morphological characters head, tegmina, legs genital structures. only species palliata 1866 are redescribed, chresonymy presented nomenclatorial questions clarified. D...