- Research on scale insects
- Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
- Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny
- Agricultural pest management studies
Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection
2024
The present work is the third and final part in a series of monographs on Iranian scale insect fauna (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) by same authors: Part 1, armoured scales (Diaspididae), was published 2021, 2, mealybugs (Pseudococcidae Rhizoecidae) Putoidae, 2022. Here we cover ten families: Asterolecaniidae, Cerococcidae, Coccidae, Cryptococcidae, Eriococcidae, Kermesidae, Margarodidae, Monophlebidae, Ortheziidae Phoenicococcidae, bringing total number families recorded Iran to 14. A key...
Scale insect species (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha) on the date palms (Phoenix dactylifera) in Iran with description of a new
Three mealybug species Rhodania aeluropi sp. nov., Spilococcus alhagii (Hall) and Eurycoccus tamariscus Williams are discussed recorded from Iran for the first time. was collected on grass Aleuropus in sugarcane fields, S. alhagii, a already known other countries Middle East, is redescribed specimens Iran. There considerable variation taxonomic characters of all material studied.