Scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) on oriental spruce

Abstract

Oriental spruce (Picea orientalis (L.) Link) is an important forest trees and forms pure or mixed stands in the Black Sea region, Turkey. It is also utilized as an ornamental plant in gardens and parks. To determine coccoid species infesting oriental spruce in Giresun Province, forest, parks and gardens located in the city center of Giresun was surveyed. Results revealed four scale insects: namely, Coccus hesperidum L., Physokermes piceae Schrank (Coccidae), Dynaspiotus britannicus (Balachowsky) (Diaspididae), and Phenacoccus piceae Löw (Pseudococcidae) which is a new record for the Turkish fauna. Oriental spruce mealybug P. piceae was found to be associated with Nephus caneparii Fürsh & Uygun (Coleoptera; Coccinellidae), Cardiastethus nazarenus Reuter (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) and Sympherobius pygmaeus (Rambur) (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae) and Coccidiphila gerasimovi (Danilevsky) (Lepidoptera: Cosmopterigidae). Important morphological characters of oriental spruce mealybug were presented, and additionally, information on biology, distribution and damage of scale insects feeding on oriental spruce has been given based on the literature.

Armored scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Diaspididae) on ornamental and park plants in Burdur province

“…Adana, Amasya, Ankara, Antalya, İzmir (Yaşar, 2017a;Ülgentürk vd., 2019 (Yaşar, 2017a;Ülgentürk vd., 2019).…”

“…Adana, Ankara, Antalya, Balıkesir, Bursa, Çanakkale, Edirne, Giresun, Isparta, İstanbul, İzmir, İzmit, İstanbul, Kastamonu, Manisa, Mersin, Sakarya, Tekirdağ (Yaşar, 2017a;Ülgentürk vd., 2019). Bu türün Burdur ilindeki varlığı ilk defa bu çalışma ile saptanmıştır.…”

“…Bu çalışmada Burdur ilindeki park ve süs bitkilerinde bulunan Diaspididae familyasına ait sert kabuklu bit türlerinin belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. (Yaşar, 2017a;Ülgentürk vd., 2019).…”

Pest species of Coccoidea (Hemiptera; Coccomorpha) in forest of Turkey

“…About 42 species of scale insects on conifer trees were reported in Turkey (Kaydan et al, 2013;Keçe and Ulusoy, 2017;Ülgentürk et al, 2019a,b;Ülgentürk and Özdemir 2019). Pine trees vary according to climate and region.…”

Türkiye’de Coccomorpha (Hemiptera) üzerindeki Chamaemyiidae ve Cryptochaetidae türlerine ait yeni kayıtlar

“…The Comstock mealybug (CMB), Pseudococcus comstocki (Kuwana) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), is a highly polyphagous species that is native to eastern Asia and widely distributed in that region (Pellizzari et al, 2012). Recently, P. comstocki has become an important pest of mulberry production in Turkey (Ülgentürk & Mohammed, 2017) and P. fuscipennis is a common pine forest pest in Turkey (Ülgentürk et al, 2013). On the other hand, G. serrulatae is known from nonagricultural areas.…”