Mercetaspis bicuspis (Hall)

Moghaddam, Masumeh, 2013, An annotated checklist of the scale insects of Iran (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Coccoidea) with new records and distribution data, ZooKeys 334, pp. 1-92 : 36

Mercetaspis bicuspis (Hall)

Lepidosaphes bicuspis Hall, 1923: 22-23. Nilotaspis bicuspis Balachowsky, 1954.

Iran localities.

Kerman, Sistan & Balouchestan.

Host plants.

Amaranthaceae : Suaeda nudiflora ; Sapindaceae : Stocksia brahuica ; Tamaricaceae : Tamarix sp.

References.

Ben-Dov et al. (2013), Farahbakhsh (1961), Kaussari (1955), Kozár (1998), Kozár et al. (1996) and Seghatoleslami (1977).

Notes.

These are the first records of Mercetaspis bicuspis from the plant families Amaranthaceae and Sapindaceae .