New information is given on the distribution, host plants and economic importance of nine species of scale insects in the
Middle East. These are:
Proto-pulvinaria pyriformis (Cockerell),
Saissetia privigna De Lotto,
Aonidiella orientalis (Newstead),
Eriococcus araucariae Maskell,
E. coccineus Cockerell,
Antonina natalensis Brain,
Dysmicoccus brevipes (Cockerell),
Kiritshenkella sacchari (Green) and
Nipaecoccus viridis (Newstead). A mealybug found infesting
Pinus halepensis in Israel is described from the female as
Phenacoccus yerushalmi n. sp.
Key Words Homoptera - Coccoidea - scale insects - Middle East - Israel -
Phenacoccus yentshalmi n. sp.