Aclerda berlesii Buffa, 1897

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 : 502

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scientific name	Aclerda berlesii Buffa, 1897
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Borg (1932) recorded this species as very common in both Malta and Gozo. Malta was also included in its distribution range by Borchsenius (1960). The record of Asphodelococcus berlesii Buffa (Pseudococcidae) for Malta in Danzig & Watson (2014) is an erroneous combination and refers to this aclerdid species.

Material examined: MALTA, Valletta, x.1919, 2 ♀♀ on Arundo donax, PB (BMNH) ; Għajn Riħana, 17.v.2012, 6 ♀♀ on A. donax, AR, DM & GM ; Qawra, 15.ii.2012, 4 ♀♀ on A. donax, CM ; Floriana, St. Philip’s Garden , 18.ii.2012, 2 ♀♀ on A. donax, CM .

References

Borchsenius, N. S. (1960) Fauna of USSR, Homoptera, Kermococcidae, Asterolecaniidae, Lecaniodiaspididae, Aclerdidae. Akademiia Nauk SSSR, Zoologicheskii Institute (Series), Leningrad, Russia, 282 pp. [in Russian]

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

Danzig, E. & Watson, G. W. (2014) Fauna Europaea: Coccoidea. In: Burckhardt, D. (Ed.), Fauna Europaea: Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha. Fauna Europaea version 2. 6. 2. Available from: http: // www. faunaeur. org (accessed 22 February 2014)