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. text Zootaxa 2014 2014-09-25 3866 4 499 525 journal article 4339 10.11646/zootaxa.3866.4.3 a8118ca5-6988-4abd-8bb7-f0ef0020a93f 1175-5326 4930613 362D4DC7-7505-42C1-B438-9B195B48125C 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 .