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.
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Zootaxa
2014
2014-09-25
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.3866.4.3
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Filippia follicularis
(Targioni Tozzetti, 1867)
This species was correctly recorded by
Borg (1919)
.
Borg’s (1932)
record of
Philippia oleae
(
Costa
)
was a misidentification and should refer to
Filippia follicularis
(
Ben-Dov
et al
., 2014
)
.
Borg (1932)
stated that the species was found “here and there on the olive tree in both islands; more frequent at
St. Julian’s
,
Sliema
and San Anton Gardens”. No Maltese specimens have been seen during the present work.