Metadenopus festucae Šulc, 1933

Kaydan, Mehmet Bora, Kozár, Ferenc & ERKıLıç, Lerzan, 2014, New And Little Known Scale Insect Species (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) In Turkey, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 60 (3), pp. 227-238 : 233-234

Metadenopus festucae Šulc, 1933

Materialexamined. Ağri, Hamur- Tutakroad 29.ix.2005, N: 39°35′724″, E: 042°55′389″, 1616 m, Poaceae , 6 ff, coll. M. B. Kaydan (KPCT: 2484); Hakkari, Esendere- Altınbaşak, 03. viii.2005, N: 37°42′415″, E: 044°32′033″, 1810 m, Poaceae , 3 ff, coll. M. B. Kaydan (KPCT: 2193).

Host plants. Aneurolepidium chinense , Elymus sp. , E. chilensis , Festuca sp. , F. ovina , F. valesiaca , Heteropappus altaicus , Poa sp. , P. pratensis (Poaceae) (BEN-DOv et al. 2014).

Distribution. China, CzechRepublic, France, Hungary, Italy, Moldova, Mongolia, Po- land, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine (BEN-DOv etal. 2014).

Remarks. ThisspecieswasfoundonaplantfromthefamilyPoaceae (KAYDAN et al. 2014). This mealybug generally occurs on the roots and in the leafsheathsofthehostplant ( KOsZTARAb & KOZÁR 1988).

* Palmicultor palmarum (Ehrhorn, 1916)

Materialexamined. İzmir, Karşıyaka (Greenhouse), 29.v.2008, 25 m, Washingtonia sp. , 7 ff, coll. L. Erkılıç (KPCT: 5144); İzmir, Karşıyaka (Greenhouse), 30.v.2008, 25 m, Washingtonia sp. , 3 ff, coll. L. Erkılıç (KPCT: 5145).

Host plants. Areca catechu , A. lutescens , Borassus flabellifer , Caryota mitis , Chrysalidocarpus lutescens , Cocos nucifera , Elaeies guineensis , Kentia sp. , Latania glaucaphylla, Licula sp., Roystonea regia , Thrinax sp. , Washingtonia flifera (Arecaceae) Freycinetia sp. (Pandanaceae) , Phyllostachys sp. (Poaceae) .

Distribution. AndamanIslands, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Bermuda, BoninIslands, Ca- naryIslands, CarolineIslands, China. FrenchPolynesia, Guadeloupe, HawaiianIslands, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kiribati, Kosrae, Malaysia, Maldives, MarshallIslands, Mexico, NewCaledonia, Niue, Palau, Philippines, PhoenixIslands, PonapeIsland, SaintMartin & St. Barthelemy, SaintMartin, Singapore, SriLanka, Sumatra, Tonga, TrukIslands, USA, VietnamandTurkey (presentstudy).

Remarks. Thespecimenswerecollectedinagreenhouse.

*Rhodaniaocculta Schmutterer, 1952

Materialexamined. Hakkari, Yüksekova , 23.v.2008 , N: 37°40′881″, E: 044°03′376″,

1758 m, Poaceae , 2 ff, coll. M. B. Kaydan and F. Kozár (KPCT: 4283).

Host plants. Agrostis vulgaris , Corynephorus sp. , Festuca sp. (Poaceae) (BEN-DOv et al. 2014). Distribution. Germany, Greece, Netherlands, Poland (BEN-DOv etal. 2014), Turkey

(presentstudy).