%0 Journal Article
%T Some additions to the Scale insect fauna (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of Crete with a check list of the species known from the island
%A Giuseppina Pellizzari
%A Francesco Porcelli
%A Gabrijel Seljak
%A Ferenc Koz¨¢r
%J Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research
%D 2011
%I PAGEPress Publications
%R 10.4081/jear.2011.e31
%X A list of the scale insects (Homoptera: C occoidea) recorded by the authors for the Greek island of C rete is reported. This includes twenty-seven species new to the island The most interesting records are Kermes palestiniensis Balachowsky (Kermesidae), only recorded previously from Israel, and Getulaspis bupleuri (Marchal) (Diaspididae), only known previously from North A frica and the Middle E ast. With the present additions, the number of scale insect species recorded on C rete has reached 82. A revised check list of the scales presently known from the island is also provided.
%K Greece
%K Kermes palestiniensis
%K Getulaspis bupleuri
%U http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/jear/article/view/355