New And Little Known Scale Insect Species (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) In Turkey Author Kaydan, Mehmet Bora Author Kozár, Ferenc Author ERKıLıç, Lerzan text Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 2014 60 3 227 238 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.12626204 2064-2474 12626204 Volvicoccus volvifer (Goux, 1945) ( Fig. 2 ) Materialexamined. Iğdır- Tuzluca- Gaziler, 29.v.2008 , N: 40°06′218″, E: 043°27′952″, 1000 m , Stipa sp. , 1 f, coll. M. B. Kaydan (KPCT: 4367); Iğdır- Tuzluca- Gaziler, 29.v.2008 , N: 40°06′218″, E: 043°27′952″, 1000 m , Stipa sp. , 2 ff, coll. M. B. Kaydan (KPCT: 4361); Iğdır- Tuzluca- Gaziler, 29.v.2008 , N: 40°06′218″, E: 043°27′952″, 1000 m , Agropyronrepens , 1 f, coll. M. B. Kaydan (KPCT: 4361); Erzurum , 09.vii.2010 , N: 39°37′386″, E: 040°59′697″, 2134 m , Poaceae , 2 ff, coll. M. B. Kaydan (KPCT: 4819); Iğdır- Tuzluca- Gaziler, 29.v.2008 , N: 40°06′218″, E: 043°27′952″, 1000 m , Stipa sp. , 3 ff, coll. M. B. Kaydan (KPCT: 4715); Hakkari , Yüksekova, 23.v.2008 , N: 37°40′419″, E: 044°03′589″, 1686 m , Stipa sp. , 1 f, coll. M. B. Kaydan (KPCT: 4277); Muş , Bulanık, 10.vi.2009 , N: 33°45′709″, E: 041°53′478″, Poaceae , 1 f, coll. M. B. Kaydan (KPCT: 4529). Host plants. Aegilops sp. , Festuca ovina , Koeleria glauca , Stipa sp. , S. capillata , S. lessingiana , S. pennata , S. pennata , S. pulcherrima , Taeniatherum asperum (Poaceae) (BEN-DOv et al. 2014). Distribution. Armenia , Bulgaria , France , Hungary , Italy , Poland , TurkeyandUkraine (BEN-DOv et al. 2014). Fig. 2. Volvicoccus volvifer (Goux) , adult female. Based on specimens collected in Turkey. Remarks. Thisspecieswaspreviouslyrecordedon Aegilops sp. , Stipa sp. inCentralandEastAnatolianregionsofTurkey (KAYDAN etal. 2007). It was noted that V. volvifer lives under the leaf sheaths of the host plant and rarely on the roots. The genus Volvicoccus is characterized by the presence ofcharacteristicoralcollartubularducts ( Fig. 2 ). Thisspeciesshowsgreat variationsregardingthenumberofmultilocularporesandoralcollartubular ductsondorsumandventeramongthedifferentpopulations ( GAvRiLOv 2007 , KALANDYK-KOŁODZıEjCZYK & SiMON 2011 ). Becauseofthisreasonadrawingof aTurkishspecimenisgiven.