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.
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Zootaxa
2014
2014-09-25
3866
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.3866.4.3
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Rhizococcus cactearum
(Leonardi, 1918)
Recorded by
Borg (1932)
as frequently found on various species of
Mammillaria
,
Cereus
,
Echinocactus
,
Peleciphora
and other non-specified plants.
Hoy (1963)
and
Kozár
et al.
(2013)
included
Malta
in the distribution range of this species. No Maltese specimens have been seen during the present work.