Abstract
A checklist of scale insects recorded to date in Poland is presented. The data provided here are based on literature records and include the latest taxonomic and nomenclatural changes and updates on Coccomorpha reported in Poland. Changes in comparison with ScaleNet and Fauna Europaea electronic databases are also discussed. A total of 185 species belonging to 98 genera and 16 families are included in the list. Of this group, 47 species are alien introduced species and live only indoors, and one species, Pulvinaria floccifera (Westwood), develops both indoors and outdoors.
Highlights
Scale insects form a relatively small group of insects in the Polish fauna and represent only approximately 0.7% of the 27,000 insect species currently known in Poland
At the present time the Polish scale insect fauna comprises a total of 185 species, distributed in 98 genera and 16 families
The scale insect species recorded in Poland represent only ca. 7.3% of the 2536 species known in the Palearctic region (García Morales et al 2016) and ca. 41.1% of the 450 species reported in Europe (Pellizzari and Germain 2010)
Summary
Scale insects form a relatively small group of insects in the Polish fauna and represent only approximately 0.7% of the 27,000 insect species currently known in Poland. A few species are identified as pests of economic importance, and especially, in recent years, the invasion of alien scale insects has been observed in several parts of Poland (Łagowska et al 2015, 2018; Golan et al 2017). Scale insects have been known for centuries in Poland for the carmine dye extracted from the Polish cochineal scale Porphyrophora polonica (Linnaeus). The presence of P. polonica in Poland was reported for the first time in the 16th century (Miechowita 1521) and Copyright B.
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