Uhleria araucariae (Maskell, 1879)

Mifsud, David, Mazzeo, Gaetana, Russo, Agatino & Watson, Gillian W., 2014, The scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of the Maltese Archipelago, Zootaxa 3866 (4), pp. 499-525 : 513

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3866.4.3
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5494888
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scientific name	Uhleria araucariae (Maskell, 1879)
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Borg (1919; 1932) recorded this species (as Eriococcus araucariae ) as being frequently found on Araucaria excelsa , and that young trees often succumb to heavy attacks. Hoy (1963) and Kozár et al. (2013) included Malta in the distribution range of this species.

Material examined: GOZO, Kercem, Dawara Valley , 16.iii.1994, 8 ♀♀ on Araucaria excelsa, DM .

References

Borg, P. (1919) The Scale-Insects of the Maltese Islands. Malta Herald Office, Malta, 71 pp.

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

Hoy, J. M. (1963) A catalogue of the Eriococcidae of the World. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Bulletin, 150, 1 - 260.

Kozar, F., Kaydan, M. B., Konczne Benedicty, Z. & Szita, E. (2013) Acanthococcidae and related families of the Palaearctic Region. Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary, 679 pp.