The Scale Insects Of Iran (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) Part 3 The Soft Scales (Coccidae) And Other Families Author Moghaddam, Masumeh Department of Insect Taxonomy Research, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organisation, Tehran, Iran. Author Watson, Gillian W. 0000-0001-9914-0094 Department of Insect Taxonomy Research, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organisation, Tehran, Iran. & Science: Research, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW 7 5 BD, U. K. gillian. watson @ nhm. ac. uk; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9914 - 0094 * Corresponding author. moghadam @ iripp. ir; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0908 - 838 X & Department of Insect Taxonomy Research, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organisation, Tehran, Iran. gillian.watson@nhm.ac.uk text Zootaxa 2024 2024-11-29 5542 1 1 202 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5542.1.1 journal article 306474 10.11646/zootaxa.5542.1.1 b349e73d-c49e-418c-81f7-c5d32e136362 1175-5334 14385386 2DB3A5B7-4292-4CD9-B6D8-FA97EB48DD16 Rhizococcus reynei (Schmutterer) ( Fig. 63 , distribution map Fig. 93G ) Eriococcus reynei Schmutterer, 1952: 414‒417 . Acanthococcus reynei (Schmutterer) ; Schmutterer 1980: 50 . Rhizococcus tavignani Pellizzari & Kozár, 2011: 66 . Rhizococcus reynei (Schmutterer) ; Kozár et al. 2013: 528‒532 . Field characteristics: Not noted. Microscopic diagnosis: Slide-mounted adult female body elongate-oval. Antennae each with 7 segments. Frontal lobes present frontal tubercle absent. Eyes situated on margins. Legs well developed; meso- and metathoracic coxae without spinulae; hind coxa with translucent pores; hind femur without translucent pores; tibiae each with 5 setae (median seta present); tarsal and claw digitules knobbed apically, all slightly longer than claw; claw with a denticle near apex. Anal lobes slightly sclerotized, each with 2 enlarged setae along inner margin and 1 on outer margin; apical seta broken on all available specimens. Anal ring with pores and 8 setae. Cauda sclerotized. FIGURE 62. Adult female of Rhizococcus istresianus (Goux) . FIGURE 63. Adult female of Rhi zococcus reyne i (Schmutterer); apical setae on anal lobes broken off. Reproduced from Kozár et al . (2013) , page 529, fig. 186, published by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary. Dorsum with enlarged setae spine-like, varying in size and shape, with tips relatively blunt, numbering 2 on margin of each thoracic segment, but usually with 3 on each abdominal segment. Smaller enlarged setae forming sparse transverse rows across middle parts of segments; submargin without enlarged setae. Macrotubular ducts of 2 sizes: (i) larger type on marginal area; and (ii) narrower type scattered throughout, including margins. sparse throughout. Microtubular ducts scattered throughout. Venter with hair-like setae in median area and with a marginal row of enlarged setae and a few smaller setae present submarginally. Quinquelocular pores forming sparse bands and rows across all segments. Macrotubular ducts of 2 sizes similar to those on dorsum; larger size present along margin, smaller size present in medial and submarginal areas. Microtubular ducts sparsely present on prosomal submargins. Cruciform pores very few, scattered in a submarginal band and on middle of head. Distribution: Rhizococcus reynei is known from 11 Palaearctic countries ( García Morales et al . 2016 ); in Iran , it was collected from Ghazvin province ( Moghaddam 2013 ). Host-plants: The scale has been recorded on host-plants belonging to three genera in the families Euphorbiaceae , Lamiaceae and Poaceae ( García Morales et al . 2016 ) ; in Iran , it was found on Thymus vulgaris ( Lamiaceae ) ( Moghaddam 2013 ). Economic importance: Not known as a pest in Iran . Natural enemies: None recorded in Iran .