Three New Rhizopulvinaria Species (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae) for Scale Insect Fauna of Turkey

Authors: MEHMET BORA KAYDAN, FERENC KOZAR, BÜLENT YAŞAR

Abstract: Three Rhizopulvinaria species, Rhizopulvinaria pyrethri Borchsenius, Rhizopulvinaria turkestanica (Archangelskaya), and Rhizopulvinaria viridis Borchsenius, were identified on wild flora in eastern Anatolia in 1997. All of them are new records for the Turkish scale insect fauna.

Keywords: Coccoidea, Coccidae, Rhizopulvinaria, Scale insect fauna, Turkey

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