Abstract
The number of scale insect species (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) known from Hungary has increased in the last 10 years by 39 (16.6 %), to a total of 274 species belonging to 112 genera in10 families. The family Pseudococcidae is the most species rich, with 101 species in 34 genera; Diaspididae contains 59 species in 27 genera; Coccidae contains 54 species in 27 genera; and the Eriococcidae contains 33 species in 8 genera. The other 6 coccoid families each contain only a few species: Asterolecaniidae (7 species in 3 genera); Ortheziidae (7 species in 4 genera); Margarodidae sensu lato (5 species in 5 genera); Cryptococcidae (3 species in 2 genera); Kermesidae (4 species in 1genus); and Cerococcidae (1 species). Of the species in the check list, 224 were found in outdoor conditions, while 50 species occurred only in indoor conditions. This paper contains 22 species recorded for the first time in the Hungarian fauna.
Highlights
Scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) live on a wide variety of plant species and many of them are important agricultural pests
The distribution data may reflect the progress of climatic changes (Kozár 1997; 2009; Kozár et al 2004; Kozár et al 2009)
In recent years intensive scale insect invasions have been observed in several parts of Europe
Summary
Scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) live on a wide variety of plant species and many of them are important agricultural pests. The record of the presence of Acanthomytilus sacchari (Hall, 1923) in Hungary was given by Danzig and Pellizzari in Kozár (ed.) (1998), cited by ScaleNet, is not proven.
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