A new species of soft scale insect (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) on fig trees in Iran Moghaddam, Masumeh Faghih, Hosien Zootaxa 2019 2019-03-18 4567 3 561 566 4TZPC (Cockerell & Parrott in Cockerell, 1899) Cockerell & Parrott in Cockerell 1899 [151,877,1472,1498] Insecta Coccidae Saissetia GBIF Animalia Hemiptera 1 562 Arthropoda species miranda  ( Plate 1 A, B, C)   Material examined.Sixteen adult females:  IRAN:left label: 2963/ Fars province: / 3.5 kmE Estahban/ 21.vii.2018/ N29˚06′40.6″/ E54˚04′32.8″; right label:  Saissetia miranda/ (Cock. & Parl.) [mis-spelling of an abbreviation of Parrott]/ on  Ficus caricaL. ( Moraceae)/ coll. H. Faghih (HMIM).   Comment:  Saissetia mirandawas described originally from Mexico; it is now much more widespread, but has not been recorded from Africa ( García Morales et al.2016). The species is polyphagous, with a wide range of host plants. It has been recorded previously from Iranon  Melia azedarachL. ( Meliaceae) ( Moghaddam et al. 2015); here it is recorded as a pest of  F. carica(Moraceae)from Estahban, Fars province, for the first time.