Abstract
During surveys of scale insects in Greece, a new species of Physokermes (Coccidae: Coccoidea: Hemiptera), P. hellenicus Kozar & Gounari, sp. n., was collected on the conifer Abies cephalonica (Pinaceae). The adult male, adult female, thirdinstar female, second-instar male and female, and the first-instar nymphs are described. This is the first time a third-instar female has been found in the Kermesidae. A key is provided to identify the adult females of western Palaearctic species of Physokermes.
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