Aspidiotus bornmuelleri Lindinger, 1911, rev. comb. (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Diaspididae), a neglected endemic species from Macaronesia, with comments on the genus Cryptophyllaspis, and further notes on the scale insect fauna of Canary Islands, Spain
Author
Pellizzari, Giuseppina
Author
Porcelli, Francesco
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Zootaxa
2017
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Icerya seychellarum
(
Westwood, 1855
)
This
is a cosmopolitan and highly polyphagous species.
Heavily
infested leaves of an undetermined plant were collected in
Puerto de la Cruz
(
Tenerife
) on
30.x.2016
.
In
the
Macaronesian area
,
I. seychellarum
has been recorded previously on the island of
Madeira
(
Franco
et al.
2011
).
TABLE 1.
List of the endemic scale insects recorded from the Canary Islands.
Family Species Distribution Host plant
Pseudococcidae
Pseudococcus aridorum
Tenerife
Argyranthemum frutescens
,
Cytisus
Lindinger, 1911
prolifer
var.
palmensis
,
Trifolium panoramitanum
Monophlebidae
Palaeococcus tabaybae
Tenerife
Euphorbia regis-jubae
Lindinger, 1919
|
Phenacoccus guanchorum
Gavrilov-Zimin & Danzig, 2015
|
Tenerife |
Erica arborea
|
|
Fonscolombia menieri
(Matile- Ferrero & Balachowsky, 1972)
|
Tenerife |
Euphorbia canariensis
|
|
Cryptococcidae
Pseudochermes williamsi
Kozár & Konczné Benedicty, 2008
|
Tenerife |
Coffea arabica |
Diaspididae
Aonidia campylanthi
Tenerife
Campylanthus salsoloides
(
Lindinger, 1911
)