Scale insects of the conifer trees in Turkey and their zoogeographical distribution
JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE, vol.77, no.2, pp.99-104, 2004 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 77 Issue: 2
- Publication Date: 2004
- Doi Number: 10.1007/s10340-003-0035-0
- Journal Name: JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.99-104
- Ankara University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
In Turkey, 25 species of Coccoidea (Homoptera) are recorded on Conifera tree species. The family Diaspididae has 15, Coccidae 6, Pseudococcidae 3, and Margarodidae I species. Specifically, Dynaspidiotus spp. are recorded on Abies, Cedrus, Picea, and Pinus; Leucaspis spp. on Pinus spp.; Carulaspis spp. on Biota, Cupressus, Juniperus, and Thuja; Lepidosaphes spp. on Abies, Biota, Juniperus, and Picea; Coccus spp. on Abies, Cedrus, and Pinus; and Planococcus spp. on Cupressus, Juniperus, and Pinus species. Acanthomytilus cedricola is recorded only on Cedrus spp.; Physokerines piceae on Abies and Picea species, and Marchalina hellenica only on Pinus species. Two species are Native, five are Cosmopolitan, 15 are Palaearctic, and 3 are of Mediterranean origin.