Molecular and morphological identification of pistachio armored scale insects (Hemiptera: Diaspididae), with description of a new species Author Hosseininaveh, Fatemeh Author Nozari, Jamasb Author Kaydan, Mehmet Bora Author Hosseininaveh, Vahid text Zootaxa 2016 4200 4 523 543 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4200.4.5 5a2dfee3-b897-417f-b0ed-4b539b096196 1175-5326 191641 4128ED50-7D60-40EB-861E-476E1B7C0E56 Key to adult female Melanaspis species in the Palearctic Region ( adapted from Danzig 1993 and Balachowsky 1951 ). 1. Paraphyses on pygidial margin of unequal size; external paraphyses on segment 8 more developed than others........... 3 - Paraphyses of pygidial margin thick and fusiform, more or less all the same size....................................2 2. Pygidial lobes each without medial notch; number of submarginal macroducts on segment V fewer than 20................................................................................................ M. inopinata (Leonardi) - Pygidial lobes each with one distinct medial notch; number of submarginal macroducts on segment V more than 20........................................................................ M. pistaciae Hosseininaveh & Kaydan sp. n. 3. Perivulvar pores absent; lobe size gradually increasing from L1 to L4; dorsal macroducts on segments VI–VII arranged in irreg- ular rows or sometimes in two rows...................................................... M. smilacis Comstock - Perivulvar pores present; L1 larger than other lobes; dorsal macroducts of segments VI–VII arranged in oblique regular single row................................................................ M. louristanus Balachowsky & Kaussari