Aspidiotinae and Leucaspidinae (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) Species Determined in Agri, Bitlis, Hakkari, Igdir and Van Provinces

Abstract

In this study, it was aimed to determine armoured sacale insect species in five province (Agri, Bitlis, Hakkari, Igdir and Van) of Eastern Anatolia. For this goal Aspidiotinae, Leucaspidinae (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) species were collected from natural and cultural plaits in five provinces between 2005 and 2008. Totally 20 species were found and four of them (Diaspidiotus transcaspiensis (Marlatt), Fisanotargionia quadrilobata Kaussari & Balachowsky, Rhizaspidiotus balachowskyi Kozar & Matile-Ferrero, Rhizaspidiotus bivalvatus Goux) are new species records for Turkish scale insect fauna.