An annotated checklist of the scale insects of Iran (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Coccoidea) with new records and distribution data Author Moghaddam, Masumeh text ZooKeys 2013 334 1 92 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.334.5818 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.334.5818 1313-2970-334-1 Targionia porifera (Borchsenius) Rhizaspidiotus porifera Borchsenius, 1949a: 350. Fisanotargionia quadrilobata Kaussari & Balachowsky, 1953. Iran localities. Esfahan, Fars, Hormozgan, Kerman, Yazd. Host plants. Amaranthaceae : Anabasis sp., Seidlitzia schweinfurthii ; Asteraceae : Artemisia sp.; Zygophyllaceae : Zygophyllum eurypeterum . References. Ben-Dov et al. (2013) , Borchsenius (1966) , Farahbakhsh (1961) , Kaussari and Balachowsky (1953) , Kaussari (1957 , 1964 , 1970 ), Kozar (1998) , Kozar et al. (1996) , Moghaddam (2004) and Seghatoleslami (1977) . Note. These are the first records of Targionia porifera from the plant families Amaranthaceae and Asteraceae .