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 Lepidosaphes beckii (Newman, 1869) Borg (1898 ; 1919 ) recorded this scale under the names Mytilaspis citricola Pachard and M. flavescens . Borg (1922a: 82) wrote that the scale had been “established in these islands since 1870–73. When this parasite first made its appearance in Malta , it caused a great deal of uneasiness, many [ Citrus ] groves suffering severely and becoming unproductive, and numbers of young trees as well as trees in full bearing were killed or became too much exhausted to be retained”. Recorded also by Saliba (1963) as occasional on orange, and by Farrugia (1998) . Material examined: MALTA , Marsa , Għammieri 3.iv.1999 , 2 ♀♀ on Citrus aurantii , CF ; Marsa , Għammieri , 6.iii.1997 , 1 ♀ on C. aurantii , CF ; Żurrieq , 17.ii.2007 , 1 ♀ on Citrus sp. , DM ; Bugibba , 14.ii.2012 , 8 ♀♀ on C. sinensis , CM ; Luqa , 19.ii.2012 , 2 ♀♀ on C. limon , CM . GOZO , Kercem , Dawara Valley , 16.iii.1994 , 2 ♀♀ on C. sinensis , GW ; Vittoriosa , 26.ii.1995 , 1 ♀ on Citrus sp. , DM .