Diaspidiotus baiati (Kaussari)

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 : 20

● Diaspidiotus baiati (Kaussari)

Quadraspidiotus baiati Kaussari, 1958: 232.

Iran localities.

Ardabil, Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari, Fars, Ilam, Khouzestan, Kohgilouyeh & Boyerahmad, Lorestan.

Host plants.

Ephedraceae : Ephedra sp.; Fabaceae : Astragalus sp.; Fagaceae : Castanea sativa ; Thymelaeaceae : Daphne angustifolia .

References.

Ben-Dov et al. (2013), Borchsenius (1966), Kaussari (1958, 1964), Kaussari and Farahbakhsh (1968), Kozár (1998), Kozár et al. (1996), Moghaddam (2004), Moghaddam and Tavakoli (2010) and Seghatoleslami (1977).

Notes.

These are the first records of Diaspidiotus baiati from the plant families Ephedraceae and Fagaceae .