Three new species of armoured scale insect (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha Diaspididae) from Iran Author Moghaddam, Masumeh Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection (IRIPP), Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, P. O. Box 19395 - 1454, Iran. text Zootaxa 2021 2021-06-24 4991 2 371 379 journal article 5539 10.11646/zootaxa.4991.2.10 3336077c-5d7c-46a8-8995-bfa7c252653f 1175-5326 5030370 F9EC011B-5595-4D2F-A834-D5CD758C6A4D Key to adult females of Cryptoparlatoreopsis worldwide 1(0) Pygidium with 2 or 3 pairs of lobes....................................................................... 2 - Pygidium with 1 pair of lobes............................................................ halli (Bodenheimer) 2(1) Fleshy finger-shape plates present on pygidium and prepygidial segments........................................ 3 - Fleshy finger-shape plates absent from pygidium and prepygidial segments....................................... 6 3(2) Anal opening located near center of pygidium........................................ euphorbiae Hall & Williams - Anal opening located near end of pygidium................................................................ 4 4(3) Pygidium with 3 pairs of lobes...................................................... targioniopsis (Lindinger) - Pygidium with 2 pairs of lobes.......................................................................... 5 5(4) Median lobes with 1 inconspicuous notch on outer edges. Single fleshy finger-shape plates present between VII & VIII and VI & VII............................................................................. tlaiae (Balachowsky) - Median lobes with multiple notches on outer edges. 2 or 3 fleshy finger-shape plates present between VII & VIII and VI & VII............................................................................ spinosissima (Lindinger) 6(2) Adult female pyriform or broadly pyriform. Pygidium and prepygidial margin with about 7 pairs long and stout setae. Anterior spiracles with 2 or 3 pores.............................................................................. 7 - Adult female oval. Pygidial margin with only 2 pairs long and stout setae. Anterior spiracles without pores......................................................................................... kermanensis Moghaddam sp. n. 7(6) Median lobes (L 1) separate; each rounded apically......................................... longispina (Takahashi) - Median lobes (L 1 ) partially contiguous near their bases; each lobe pointed apically....................... meccae (Hall)