Palmaspis phoenicis (Ramachandra Rao, 1922)

Moghaddam, Masoumeh & Zarghami, Sara, 2024, Scale insect species (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha) on the date palms (Phoenix dactylifera) in Iran with description of a new species, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10 (4), pp. 769-779 : 770

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.61186/jibs.10.4.769

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:853778BD-7C0D-470F-AB7C-F7BFC2D6918F

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17027525

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/001C87DD-4232-FF9E-FFF7-3704CC154398

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Palmaspis phoenicis (Ramachandra Rao, 1922)
status

 

Palmaspis phoenicis (Ramachandra Rao, 1922) ( Fig. 1A)

Material examined. on Ph. dactylifera ( Arecaceae ). BUSHEHR: 1♀, Riz ( 28°04'52.2"N, 52°05'41.0"E, 505 m a.s.l.), 28.x.2002 GoogleMaps ; ESFAHAN: 2♀♀, Khur & Biabanak ( 33°56'23"N, 54°21'29"E), 10.viii.2006 GoogleMaps ; FARS: 1♀, Darab ( 28°45'32.3"N, 53°59'43.0"E), 10.viii.2006 GoogleMaps ; SOUTH KHORASAN: 4♀♀, Nehbandan ( 31°32'38.9"N, 60°03'04.6"E), 15.ii.2007 GoogleMaps ; SISTAN-o BALOUCHESTAN: 3♀♀, Iranshahr, Damen ( 25°09'53.5"N, 61°30'07.6"E), 27.iv.1995; YAZD: 4♀♀, Bafgh ( 31°35'46.7"N, 55°04'43.0"E), 26.x.1998 GoogleMaps .

Remarks. This species has been recorded on hosts belonging to three plant families Arecaceae , Myrtaceae and Pandanaceae , but it is found only on Ph. dactylifera in Iran. P. phoenicis is distributed in the Palaearctic Region ( Egypt, Iraq, Israel and Libya) and the Afrotropical Region ( Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Sudan) ( García Morales et al., 2016).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Asterolecaniidae

Genus

Palmaspis

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