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Hemiberlesia lataniae Coccoidea

  • 1. Institute of Earth Systems, Division of Rural Sciences and Food Systems, University of Malta, Msida, Malta.
  • 2. Dipartimento di Gestione dei Sistemi agroalimentari e ambientali, University of Catania, Italy.
  • 3. Plant Pest Diagnostic Center, California Department of Food & Agriculture, Sacramento, California, U. S. A.

Description

Hemiberlesia lataniae (Signoret, 1869)

Recorded by Borg (1932) as frequent on Livistona chinensis, L. australis and other palms.

Material examined: MALTA, Bir id-Deheb, 20.iii.1994, 5 ♀♀ on unidentified succulent plant, DM; Bir id-Deheb, 22.iv.1994, 2 ♀♀ on Vitis vinifera, DM; Bir id-Deheb, 22.iv.1994, 2 ♀♀ on V. vinifera, DM; Marsa, Għammieri, 24.ii.1997, 4 ♀♀ on Morus sp., CF; Valletta, Upper Barrakka Gardens, 13.ii.2012, 2 ♀♀ on Cycas revoluta, CM; Qawra, 14.ii.2012, 4 ♀♀ on C. revoluta, CM; Qawra, 15.ii.2012, 6 ♀♀ on Ficus carica, CM; Qawra, 16.ii.2012, 22 ♀♀ on bark of Lonicera implexa, CM; Qawra, 16.ii.2012, 3 ♀♀ on Olea europaea, CM; Vittoriosa, 16.ii.2012, 14 ♀♀ on Hedera helix and Yucca sp., CM. GOZO, Kercem, Dawara Valley, 16.iii.1994, 5 ♀♀ on Laurus nobilis, SA; Xewkija, 16.iii.1994, 5 ♀♀ on Eriobotrya japonica, GW.

Notes

Published as part of Mifsud, David, Mazzeo, Gaetana, Russo, Agatino & Watson, Gillian W., 2014, The scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of the Maltese Archipelago, pp. 499-525 in Zootaxa 3866 (4) on page 510, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3866.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/4930613

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
DM, CM
Event date
1994-03-16
Verbatim event date
1994-03-16/2012-02-16
Scientific name authorship
Coccoidea
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Diaspididae
Genus
Hemiberlesia
Species
lataniae
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Hemiberlesia lataniae (Signoret, 1869) sec. Mifsud, Mazzeo, Russo & Watson, 2014

References

  • Borg, J. (1932) Scale Insects of the Maltese Islands. Government Printing Office, Malta, 20 pp.