TURKIYE ENTOMOLOJI DERGISI-TURKISH JOURNAL OF ENTOMOLOGY, cilt.33, sa.1, ss.41-62, 2009 (SCI-Expanded)
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.