The scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of the Maltese Archipelago Author Mifsud, David Institute of Earth Systems, Division of Rural Sciences and Food Systems, University of Malta, Msida, Malta. david.a.mifsud@um.edu.mt Author Mazzeo, Gaetana Dipartimento di Gestione dei Sistemi agroalimentari e ambientali, University of Catania, Italy. Author Russo, Agatino Dipartimento di Gestione dei Sistemi agroalimentari e ambientali, University of Catania, Italy. Author Watson, Gillian W. Plant Pest Diagnostic Center, California Department of Food & Agriculture, Sacramento, California, U. S. A. text Zootaxa 2014 2014-09-25 3866 4 499 525 journal article 4339 10.11646/zootaxa.3866.4.3 a8118ca5-6988-4abd-8bb7-f0ef0020a93f 1175-5326 4930613 362D4DC7-7505-42C1-B438-9B195B48125C Aspidiotus nerii Bouché, 1833 Borg (1898 ; 1919 ) recorded this species under three different names: Aspidiotus hederae , A. limon and A. nerii . Borg (1922a: 77 , 242, 337, 381) recorded it (as Aspidiotus limonii Signoret ) being “very prevalent in our Citrus groves; as common on pear; a frequent source of trouble on our peach and nectarine trees; and as common on cherries”. Borg (1932) recorded this species as “very common on ivy, oleander, acacias, olive trees, carob trees, lemon trees, cycads, agave , roses, caper bush, etc”. It was also recorded by Saliba (1963) as common on almond, cherry, citrus, carob, mulberry, peach, pear and plum. Haber & Mifsud (2007) said that the scale was rather frequent on Malta , Gozo and Comino. Material examined: MALTA , Buskett, 9.iii.1994 , 3 ♀♀ on Olea europaea , DM ; Rabat , 12.iii.1994 , 1 ♀ on Pittosporum sp. , GW; Mosta , 12.iii.1994 , 2 ♀♀ on O. europaea , SC ; Mosta , 13.iii.1994 , 5 ♀♀ on O. europaea , BW ; Mosta , 13.iii.1994 , 7 ♀♀ on Dracaena , GW ; Burmarrad, 14.iii.1994 , 4 ♀♀ on Chamaerops , DM ; Mosta , 16.iii.1994 , 2 ♀♀ on Pittosporum sp. , GW; Mistra Valley, 24.iv.1994 , 2 ♀♀ on Ceratonia siliqua , DM ; Mosta , 23.vi.1994 , 3 ♀♀ on Asparagus sp. , DM ; Mosta , 23.vi.1994 , 2 ♀♀ on Hedera helix , DM ; Marsa , Għammieri, 7.xi.1996 , 4 ♀♀ on O. europaea , CF ; Wied Ħas-Sabtan, 20.xii.1996 , 6 ♀♀ on Teucrium flavum , DM ; Marsa , Għammieri, 24.ii.1997 , 4 ♀♀ on Morus sp. , CF; Rabat , 12.iii.1994 , 7 ♀♀ on Euonymus sp. , CC ; Marsa , Għammieri, 9.i.1999 , 1 ♀ on Ceratonia siliqua , CF ; Marsa , Għammieri, 23.ii.2007 , 5 ♀♀ on O. europaea , DM ; Qawra, 12.ii.2012 , 6 ♀♀ on O. europea and Pittosporum tobira , CM ; Valletta , Upper Barrakka Gardens, 13.ii.2012 , 2 ♀♀ on P. tobira , CM ; Valletta , St. John Square, 13.ii.2012 , 2 ♀♀ on Strelitzia , CM ; Qawra, 14.ii.2012 , 6 ♀♀ on Nerium oleander and Cycas revoluta , CM ; Mdina , 15.ii.2012 , 4 ♀♀ on O. europaea , CM ; Vittoriosa , 16.ii.2012 , 12 ♀♀ on O. europaea , Hedera helix and Yucca sp. , CM ; Floriana , St. Philip’s Garden, 18.ii.2012 , 4 ♀♀ on Nerium oleander , CM ; Sliema , 18.ii.2012 , 2 ♀♀ on Strelitzia , CM. GOZO , Kercem , Dawara Valley, 16.iii.1994 , 3 ♀♀ on Howardia , JC ; Xewkija , 16.iii.1994 , 9 ♀♀ on Erica multiflora , DM.