The scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of the Maltese Archipelago Author Mifsud, David Institute of Earth Systems, Division of Rural Sciences and Food Systems, University of Malta, Msida, Malta. david.a.mifsud@um.edu.mt Author Mazzeo, Gaetana Dipartimento di Gestione dei Sistemi agroalimentari e ambientali, University of Catania, Italy. Author Russo, Agatino Dipartimento di Gestione dei Sistemi agroalimentari e ambientali, University of Catania, Italy. Author Watson, Gillian W. Plant Pest Diagnostic Center, California Department of Food & Agriculture, Sacramento, California, U. S. A. text Zootaxa 2014 2014-09-25 3866 4 499 525 journal article 4339 10.11646/zootaxa.3866.4.3 a8118ca5-6988-4abd-8bb7-f0ef0020a93f 1175-5326 4930613 362D4DC7-7505-42C1-B438-9B195B48125C

TABLE 1. Some invasive scale insect species that may be accidentally introduced to the Maltese Archipelago in the near future.

Family	Species	Type of plants impacted	Closest to Malta	References
Coccidae	Ceroplastes japonicus Green	Ornamental shrubs and trees including Citrus spp.	Italy	Kozár et al. (1984), Pellizzari & Germain (2010)
	Neopulvinaria innumerabilis (Rathvon)	Grape vines and maple trees	France, Italy	Hodgson (1994)
	Parasaissetia nigra Nietner	Ornamentals and fruit trees	Sicily, Italy	Marotta (1987)
Diaspididae	Comstockaspis perniciosa (Comstock) (= Diaspidiotus perniciosus based on Normark et al., 2014)	Rosaceae, stone and pome fruit trees	Sicily, Italy	Pellizzari & Germain (2010)
Eriococcidae	Acanthococcus coccineus (Cockerell)	Cactaceae	Sicily, Italy	Marotta & Garonna (1992), Kozár et al. (2013)
	Ovaticoccus agavacearum Pellizzari & Kozár	Agave spp.	Italy	Pellizzari & Kozár (2011)
	Ovaticoccus agavium (Douglas)	Agave spp.	France, Sicily, Italy	Longo et al. (1995), Kozár et al. (2013)
	Ovaticoccus exoticus Pellizzari & Kozár	Agave spp.	Sicily, Italy	Pellizzari & Kozár (2011)
Phoenicococcidae	Phoenicococcus marlatti Cockerell	Palms	Sicily, Italy	Pellizzari & Germain (2010)
Pseudococcidae	Hypogeococcus pungens Granara de Willink 1	Succulents and cacti	Sicily, Italy	Mazzeo et al. (2008)
	Phenacoccus defectus Ferris	Succulents and other plants, including Euphorbiaceae	Italy, France, United Kingdom	Pellizzari & Porcelli (2013), Germain & Matile-Ferrero (2006), Malumphy (1997)
	Phenacoccus madeirensis Green	Ornamental plants, vegetables and herbs, some fruit crops	Sicily, Italy, Crete	Russo & Mazzeo (1997), Longo et al. (1995), Jansen et al. (2010)
	Phenacoccus solani Ferris	Ornamentals, greenhouse and field crops especially Solanaceae	Sicily, Italy	Mazzeo et al. (1999), Pellizzari & Russo (2005)
	Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley	Ornamentals, field crops, especially Malvaceae	Egypt, Cyprus, Turkey	Kaydan et al. (2013), Abd-Rabou et al. (2010)
	Pseudococcus calceolariae Maskell	Ornamentals, pome fruit and Citrus trees	Sicily, Italy	Longo et al. (1995), Russo & Mazzeo (1997)
	Trochiscococcus speciosus (De Lotto)	Liliaceae sensu lato	France, Italy	Williams & Pellizzari (1997)