A new species of Poliaspoides MacGillivray (Hemiptera, Diaspididae) on Bambusa siamensis (Poaceae) imported into Turkey

Selma Ulgenturk; Giuseppina Pellizzari

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3694.5.7

A new species of Poliaspoides MacGillivray (Hemiptera, Diaspididae) on Bambusa siamensis (Poaceae) imported into Turkey

Zootaxa. 2013:3694:493-9. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3694.5.7.

Authors

Selma Ulgenturk¹, Giuseppina Pellizzari

Affiliation

¹ University of Ankara Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Plant Protection, Dışkapi Ankara, 06110, Turkey. ulgentur@agri.ankara.edu.tr

PMID: 26312307
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3694.5.7

Abstract

The adult female and first-instar nymph of a new species of armoured scale insect, Poliaspoides bambusae sp.n. (Diaspididae), is described and illustrated. The new species was collected in Turkey on imported ornamental Bambusa siamensis (Poaceae) from an unknown source.

MeSH terms

Animal Structures / anatomy & histology
Animal Structures / growth & development
Animals
Bambusa / parasitology*
Body Size
Female
Hemiptera / anatomy & histology
Hemiptera / classification*
Hemiptera / growth & development
Introduced Species
Organ Size
Turkey