An annotated checklist of the scale insects of Iran (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Coccoidea) with new records and distribution data Author Moghaddam, Masumeh text ZooKeys 2013 334 1 92 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.334.5818 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.334.5818 1313-2970-334-1 Melanaspis inopinata (Leonardi) Aonidiella inopinata Leonardi, 1913: 63. Iran localities. Azarbaijan -e Sharghi, Bushehr, Fars, Kerman, Kermanshah, Kordestan, Kohgilouyeh & Boyerahmad, Lorestan, Yazd. Host plants. Aceraceae : Acer cinerascens ; Brassicaceae : Anabasis sp.; Anacardiaceae : Pistacia khinjuk , Pistacia mutica ; Euphorbiaceae : Ricinus communis ; Fabaceae : Acacia sp., Astragalus sp.; Fagaceae : Quercus sp.; Juglandaceae : Juglans regia ; Oleaceae : Fraxinus excelsior ; Rosaceae : Malus domestica , Prunus avium , Pyrus sp.; Salicaceae : Salix sp. References. Ben-Dov et al. (2013) , Farahbakhsh (1961) , Kaussari (1955) , Kaussari and Farahbakhsh (1968) , Kozar (1998) , Kozar et al. (1996) , Moghaddam (2004) , Moghaddam and Tavakoli (2010) and Seghatoleslami (1977) . Notes. These are the first records of Melanaspis inopinata from the plant families Brassicaceae , Euphorbiaceae and Fagaceae .