نامه انجمن حشرهشناسی ایران (Feb 2006)
The first report of the genus and species of the scale insect, Exaeretopus tritici (Hem.: Cocciodea: Coccidae), from Iran
Abstract
Scale insect specimens collected on Hordeum sp. (Poaceae), dated 24. V. 2003 in Khorram Abad, Lorestan province were identified as Exaeretopus tritici Williams. This species, which the genus and species is newly recorded from Iran, is related to E. harpazi Ben-Dov, differing mainly in the number of the stigmatic setae and extension of paraopercular pores.