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 Carulaspis minima (Signoret, 1869) Recorded by Danzig & Watson (2014) as present in Malta , based on the first sample listed below. Material examined: MALTA , Mosta , 13.iii.1994 , 8 ♀♀ on Cupressus sempervirens , DM ; Dingli , 13.vi.1994 , 4 ♀♀ on C. sempervirens , DM ; Marsa , Għammieri , 7.xi.1996 , 4 ♀♀ on C. sempervirens , CF ; Marsa , Għammieri , 15.ii.1997 5 ♀♀ on C. sempervirens , DM ; Valletta , St. John Square , 13.ii.2012 , 2 ♀♀ on C. sempervirens , CM ; Bugibba , 14.ii.2012 , 8 ♀♀ on C. sempervirens , CM ; Qawra , 14.ii.2012 , 14 ♀♀ on Thuja sp. , CM ; Qawra , 14.ii.2012 , 12 ♀♀ on C. sempervirens , CM ; Rabat , 15.ii.2012 , 6 ♀♀ on C. sempervirens , CM ; Floriana , St. Philip’s Garden , 18.ii.2012 , 11 ♀♀ on C. sempervirens , CM . GOZO , Victoria , 17.ii.2012 , 22 ♀♀ on C. sempervirens , CM .