The Scale Insects Of Iran (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) Part 3 The Soft Scales (Coccidae) And Other Families Author Moghaddam, Masumeh Department of Insect Taxonomy Research, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organisation, Tehran, Iran. Author Watson, Gillian W. 0000-0001-9914-0094 Department of Insect Taxonomy Research, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organisation, Tehran, Iran. & Science: Research, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW 7 5 BD, U. K. gillian. watson @ nhm. ac. uk; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9914 - 0094 * Corresponding author. moghadam @ iripp. ir; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0908 - 838 X & Department of Insect Taxonomy Research, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organisation, Tehran, Iran. gillian.watson@nhm.ac.uk text Zootaxa 2024 2024-11-29 5542 1 1 202 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5542.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5542.1.1 1175-5334 14385386 2DB3A5B7-4292-4CD9-B6D8-FA97EB48DD16 Drosicha turkestanica Archangelskaya ( Fig. 79 , distribution map Fig. 90A ) Drosicha turkestanica Archangelskaya, 1931: 69 . Drosicha media Borchsenius, 1949a: 339 . Field characteristics: Live adult female red to red-brown, 12‒15 mm long. Microscopic diagnosis: Body of slide-mounted adult female oval, with flagellate setae densely crowded on both surfaces; dorsal setae short, those on venter of abdomen each 2 or 3 times longer than a dorsal seta. Antennae each with 8 or 9 segments, third and apical segments longest. Legs well developed, with setae not numerous; hind tibia and tarsus each with spines on inner margins. Margin of body covered with 1 or 2 rows of long setae and a dense band of short setae. Abdominal spiracles numbering 7 pairs. Cicatrices numbering 3, middle cicatrice largest. Anal opening simple, surrounded by setae and pores. Vulva surrounded by multilocular disc-pores, each with 2 central loculi and about 8‒14 peripheral loculi. Multilocular disc-pores each with 1 central and 4‒14 peripheral loculi, pores with 8‒14 peripheral loculi present around anal opening and vulva; multilocular disc-pores each with 2 or 3 central and 8‒14 peripheral loculi, rarely present on end of abdomen. FIGURE 79. Adult female of Drosicha turkestanica Archangelskaya , reproduced from Jashenko (1994) , page 30, fig. 4, from Selevinia . Note: for most of the body, positions of pores and setae are not indicated because they are so crowded; on just a few segments, stippling indicates the approximate density of seta bases and pores. Distribution: Drosicha turkestanica is known from China ( Liaoning , Xinjiang Uygur ), Kazakhstan (Kzyl Orda Oblast), Tajikistan , Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan and Iran ( García Morales et al . 2016 ), where it was recorded from Khorasan -e Razavi province ( Moghaddam 2009 ). Host-plants: The scale is polyphagous; in Iran , it has been recorded on Fraxinus sp. ( Oleaceae ) ( Moghaddam 2009 ). Economic importance: Drosicha turkestanica is of no economic importance in Iran . Natural enemies: None recorded in Iran .