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 ● Pseudococcus viburni (Signoret, 1875) The species often occurs on nursery stock, which may be how it reached the archipelago. Material examined: MALTA , Siġġiewi , 23.xii.1997 , 1 ♀ , in soil under Ceratonia siliqua , DM .