The scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of Israel – checklist, host plants, zoogeographical considerations and annotations on species

Abstract

One hundred sixty-six species of scale insects in 13 families are listed from Israel, as follows: Aclerdidae – 2, Asterolecaniidae – 5, Coccidae – 35, Diaspididae – 62, Eriococcidae – 4, Kermesidae – 8, Lecanodiaspididae – 2, Matsucoccidae – 1, Micrococcidae – 1, Monophlebidae – 4, Phoenicococcidae – 1, Pseudococcidae – 40 and Putoidae – 1 species. The family Aclerdidae is recorded for the first time from Israel in this study with two species, namely Aclerda berlesii Buffa, and Aclerda panica Hall. The Diaspidid – Aspidiotus hedericola Lindinger, the Eriococcid Ovaticoccus agavium (Douglas), the Monophlebid – Icerya aegyptiaca (Douglas) and the Pseudococcid – Phenacoccus emansor Williams and Kozarzhevskaya are newly recorded from Israel. The species comprise elements of five groups, namely, Indigenous—Middle-Eastern, Afrotropical, Mediterranean, Palearctic, Cosmopolitan. Twenty species are deleted from the list.

To cite: Ben-Dov, Y. 2012. The scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of Israel – checklist, host plants, zoogeographical considerations and annotations on species. Israel Journal of Entomology 41–42: 21–48.