Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics

Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics

The scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) on Artemisia spp. (Asteraceae) in Iran

Authors
Masumeh Moghaddam 1
Abbas Mohammadi-Khoramabadi 2
1 Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Tehran19395-1454, Iran
2 Department of Plant Production, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources of Darab, Shiraz University, Darab, 74711-96711, Iran
Abstract
In Iran, a total of 12 species of Coccomorpha from five scale insect families have been recorded on Artemisia spp. (Asteraceae): Acanthococcidae (1), Coccidae (3), Diaspididae (4), Ortheziidae (1) and Pseudococcidae (3). In this study Peliococcus chersonensis (Kiritshenko), Pelionella grassiana (Goux) (Pseudococcidae) are redescribed and illustrated based on adult females to show their morphology in Iran, and also Rhizococcus borchsenii (Danzig) (Acanthococcidae) are newly recorded for the first time from Iran. Species that have been previously collected or recorded on Artemisia in Iran are listed and information is given about host plants and global distribution for each species.

Graphical Abstract

The scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) on Artemisia spp. (Asteraceae) in Iran
Keywords
Artemisia
Scale insects
Coccomorpha
Peliococcus chersonensis
Pelionella grassiana
Rhizococcus borchsenii
Iran
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Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics
Volume 1, Issue 1
Summer 2015
Pages 37-45

  • Receive Date 27 September 2015
  • Revise Date 01 November 2015
  • Accept Date 12 November 2015
  • Publish Date 25 November 2015