A new species of soft scale insect (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) on fig trees in Iran
Author
Moghaddam, Masumeh
Author
Faghih, Hosien
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-03-18
4567
3
561
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journal article
28340
10.11646/zootaxa.4567.3.7
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Saissetia miranda
(Cockerell & Parrott
in
Cockerell, 1899)
(
Plate 1 A, B, C
)
Material examined.
Sixteen adult females:
IRAN
:
left label: 2963/
Fars province
: /
3.5 km
E Estahban/
21.vii.2018
/ N29˚06′40.6″/ E54˚04′32.8″; right label:
Saissetia miranda
/ (Cock. & Parl.) [mis-spelling of an abbreviation of Parrott]/ on
Ficus carica
L. (
Moraceae
)/ coll. H. Faghih (HMIM).
Comment:
Saissetia miranda
was described originally from
Mexico
; it is now much more widespread, but has not been recorded from Africa (
García Morales
et al.
2016
). The species is polyphagous, with a wide range of host plants. It has been recorded previously from
Iran
on
Melia azedarach
L. (
Meliaceae
) (
Moghaddam
et al
. 2015
); here it is recorded as a pest of
F. carica
(Moraceae)
from Estahban,
Fars province
, for the first time.