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First record of nigra scale, Parasaissetia nigra (Nietner, 1861) (Hemiptera: Coccidae), in Morocco

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  • 1. Laboratory of Virology, National Institute of Agricultural Research, 14 rue Ibn Temmam, PO Box 257, Kenitra, Morocco. & Laboratory of Plant, Animal, and Agro-Industry Productions, Faculty of Sciences, University Ibn Toufail, Kenitra, Morocco.
  • 2. Laboratory of Virology, National Institute of Agricultural Research, 14 rue Ibn Temmam, PO Box 257, Kenitra, Morocco.
  • 3. Laboratory of Plant, Animal, and Agro-Industry Productions, Faculty of Sciences, University Ibn Toufail, Kenitra, Morocco.
  • 4. Science: Research, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, U.K.

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Mrabti, Imane, Benzahea, Hayat, Grijja, Hassan, Najiba, Brhadda, Rabea, Ziri, Afechtal, Mohamed, Watson, Gillian W. (2025): First record of nigra scale, Parasaissetia nigra (Nietner, 1861) (Hemiptera: Coccidae), in Morocco. Zootaxa 5696 (4): 597-600, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5696.4.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5696.4.8

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https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/312903
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Publication: 10.11646/zootaxa.5507.3.8 (DOI)
Publication: 10.1007/BF02981211 (DOI)
Publication: 10.1046/j.1365-2338.2002.00585.x (DOI)
Publication: 10.1111/j.1365-2338.2005.00841.x (DOI)
Publication: 10.1079/9781800620643.0000 (DOI)
Publication: 10.1111/epp.12995 (DOI)
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Taxonomic treatment: 10.5281/zenodo.17456127 (DOI)
Taxonomic treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E187B3FF83DC0E16CDFA3B30ABFD67 (URL)
Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.17325390 (DOI)
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Dataset: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/4710f5fa-1fc4-492e-9177-48e9360fd210 (URL)

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