The scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of the Maltese Archipelago
Author
Mifsud, David
Institute of Earth Systems, Division of Rural Sciences and Food Systems, University of Malta, Msida, Malta.
david.a.mifsud@um.edu.mt
Author
Mazzeo, Gaetana
Dipartimento di Gestione dei Sistemi agroalimentari e ambientali, University of Catania, Italy.
Author
Russo, Agatino
Dipartimento di Gestione dei Sistemi agroalimentari e ambientali, University of Catania, Italy.
Author
Watson, Gillian W.
Plant Pest Diagnostic Center, California Department of Food & Agriculture, Sacramento, California, U. S. A.
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Zootaxa
2014
2014-09-25
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.3866.4.3
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Planococcus ficus
(Signoret, 1875)
Borg (1919)
recorded this species as
Dactylopius vitis
Niedl.
Borg (1932)
recorded it under two different names:
Pseudococcus vitis
(Mendel) Leon.
and
P. ficus
Fern
.. For
P. vitis
, he stated that it was found on grape vines at Wied Qannotta, Fiddien and other non-specified locations, and for the latter name he reported it as frequent on the fruit and foliage of the common fig. The species was reported again from
Malta
by
Mifsud & Watson (1999)
and
Mifsud
et al
. (2012)
.
Material examined:
MALTA
,
Bir
id-Deheb,
22.iv.1994
,
2 ♀♀
on
Vitis
vinifera
, DM
; Bingemma,
4.xii.2003
,
2 ♀♀
on
V. vinifera
, DM
;
Siggiewi
,
28.vii.2009
,
5 ♀♀
on
Ceratonia siliqua
, DM
.