Aspidiotus nerii An annotated checklist of the scale insects of Iran (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Coccoidea) with new records and distribution data Moghaddam, Masumeh ZooKeys 2013 334 1 92 Bouche Insecta Diaspididae Aspidiotus CoL Animalia Aspidiotus nerii Hemiptera 14 15 Arthropoda species nerii   Aspidiotus nerii Bouche, 1833: 52.  Iran localities. Elborz, Esfahan, Fars, Gilan, Markazi, Golestan, Mazandaran, Tehran.  Host plants.  Apocynaceae: Nerium oleander; Araliaceae: Hedera canariensis; Arecaceae: Phoenixsp.; Asparagaceae: Asparagus officinalis; Oleaceae: Olea europaea; Orchidaceae: Maxillaria, longipetala; Pinaceae: Pinussp.; Tamaricaceae: Tamarixsp.  References.  Afchar (1937), Ben-Dov et al. (2013), Bodenheimer (1944), Borchsenius (1966), Davatchi (1946), Farahbakhsh (1961), Kaussari (1946, 1955), Kaussari and Farahbakhsh (1968),  Kozar(1998),  Kozaret al. (1996), Moghaddam (2004, 2010) and Seghatoleslami (1977).  Notes. These are the first records of Aspidiotus neriifrom the plant families Asparagaceaeand Tamaricaceae.