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. text Zootaxa 2014 2014-09-25 3866 4 499 525 journal article 4339 10.11646/zootaxa.3866.4.3 a8118ca5-6988-4abd-8bb7-f0ef0020a93f 1175-5326 4930613 362D4DC7-7505-42C1-B438-9B195B48125C Pseudococcus longispinus (Targioni Tozzetti, 1867) Recorded by Borg (1932) (as Pseudococcus adonidum (Targioni Tozzetti)) as common on many plants, especially in greenhouses. The species was reported again by Mifsud & Watson (1999) , when extensive damage to Citrus , Prunus and Ficus spp. was observed, and by Mifsud et al . (2012) . Material examined: MALTA , Rabat , 12.iii.1994 , 1 ♀ on Euonymus sp. , CC ; Rabat , 12.iii.1994 , 4 ♀♀ on Cycas revoluta , GW ; Żejtun , 29.iii.1994 , 1 ♀ on Ficus nitida , DM ; Mosta , 15.iv.1997 , 1 ♀ on C. revoluta , CF ; Marsa , Għammieri, 15.ix.1997 , 4 ♀♀ on C. revoluta , CF ; Valletta , Upper Barrakka Gardens, 12.ii.2012 , 4 ♀♀ on Pittosporum tobira , CM ; Qawra, 13.ii.2012 , 11 ♀♀ on Laurus nobilis , P. tobira , Nerium oleander , Schinus terebinthifolius , Viburnum sp. , Bougainvillea sp. , CM . GOZO , Victoria, 16.iii.1994 , 2 ♀♀ on Coprosina sp. DM ; Kercem , Dawara Valley, 16.iii.1994 , 5 ♀♀ on Laurus nobilis , SA ; Victoria, 14.ii.2012 , 3 ♀♀ on P. tobira , CM ; Floriana , St. Philip’s Garden, 18.ii.2012 , 2 ♀♀ on P. tobira , CM.