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

https://hrcak.srce.hr/33898

Publication date:

30.9.2008.

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