Original scientific paper
Species of the genus Planococcus Ferris, 1950 (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae), with special regard to Planococcus vovae (Nasonov, 1908) as a species newly recorded in Croatia
Tatjana Masten Milek
; Institute for Plant Protection in Agriculture and Forestry of the Republic of Croatia, Svetošimunska cesta 25, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Mladen Šimala
; Institute for Plant Protection in Agriculture and Forestry of the Republic of Croatia, Svetošimunska cesta 25, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Stjepan Krčmar
; J. J. Strossmayer University in Osijek, Department of biology, Trg Ljudevita Gaja 6, HR-31000 Osijek, Croatia
Abstract
This paper deals with the scale insects Planococcus citri (Risso, 1813), Planococcus ficus (Signoret, 1875) and Planococcus vovae (Nasonov 1908) monitored during a four year faunistic investigation (2005–2008) of the genus Planococcus Ferris, 1950 in Croatia. P. vovae is a new species for Croatia. Distribution (according to UTM system) and host plants of these species in Croatia are reported. Some morphological characters useful for the differentiation of these three species are also described.
Keywords
Planococcus citri; Planococcus ficus; Planococcus vovae; distribution; morphology; Croatia
Hrčak ID:
33898
URI
Publication date:
30.9.2008.
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