TY  - JOUR
A1  - Castro, Marcelo Tavares de
A1  - Montalvão, Sandro Coelho Linhares
A1  - Wolff, Vera Regina dos Santos
A1  - Monnerat, Rose Gomes
T1  - First association of scale insects (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) with Salacia crassifolia (Mart. Ex Schult.) G. Don. (Celastraceae)
T2  - Insecta mundi
N2  - Salacia crassifolia (Mart. ex Schult.) G.Don., (Celastraceae) is a native species of shrub/tree highly appreciated in Brazil for its fruits and medicinal properties. Scale insects have never been reported associated with S. crassifolia; nevertheless, this paper describes the occurrence of two diaspidids on S. crassifolia leaves in Brazil. Three mature trees were inspected in February and March 2018 and scale insect samples were collected and preserved in 70% alcohol, then mounted and identified under an optical microscope. Two species of scale insects were found associated with this plant, Pseudoparlatoria argentata Hempel and Melanaspis aristotelesi Lepage and Giannotti, both from the family Diaspididae (Hemiptera). The three observed trees were infested by the diaspidids, with some leaves completely colonized by both species. This is the first reported occurrence of P. argentata and M. aristotelesi in plants of the Celastraceae family. It is also the first report of these insects in the Distrito Federal, Brazil, expanding the distribution and hosts in native plant species of the Cerrado biome.
T3  - Insecta Mundi - 774 
KW  - Brazilian savanna
KW  - forest entomology
KW  - pest insects
KW  - native scale insects
Y1  - 2020
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/64262
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-642624
UR  - https://journals.flvc.org/mundi/article/view/123464
SN  - 1942-1354
SN  - 0749-6737
VL  - 2020
IS  - article 774
SP  - 1
EP  - 5
PB  - Flora & Fauna Publ.
CY  - Gainesville, Fla.
ER  -