Diaspidiotus slavonicus (Green)

Moghaddam, Masumeh, 2013, An annotated checklist of the scale insects of Iran (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Coccoidea) with new records and distribution data, ZooKeys 334, pp. 1-92 : 24

Diaspidiotus slavonicus (Green)

Targionia slavonica Green, 1934a: 95. Quadraspidiotus slavonicus Green, 1934. Quadraspidiotus populi Bodenheimer, 1943.

Iran localities.

Azarbaijan -e Sharghi, Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari, Elborz, Golestan, Khorasan -e Shomali, Lorestan, Markazi, Sistan & Balouchestan.

Host plants.

Oleaceae : Fraxinus excelsior ; Salicaceae : Populus euphratica , Salix caprica .

References.

Ben-Dov et al. (2013), Bodenheimer (1944, 1944a), Farahbakhsh (1961), Kaussari (1955), Kaussari and Farahbakhsh (1968), Kozár (1998), Kozár et al. (1996), Moghaddam (2004, 2010), Moghaddam and Tavakoli (2010) and Seghatoleslami (1977).

Notes.

This is the first record of Diaspidiotus slavonicus from the plant family Oleaceae .