Takahashia japonica (Homoptera: Coccinea), a new adventive species for eastern Europe
I.A. Gavrilov-Zimin
& M.V. Volkova
Abstract. The adventive species of scale insects Takahashia japonica (Cockerell, 1896) is recorded for the first time from eastern Europe, based on material collected on the Crimean Peninsula from the branches of Carpinus orientalis. The new drawing made in the modern technique and a brief morphological redescription of the adult female of the species is provided.
Key words: scale insects, soft scales, morphology, taxonomy, Crimea, adventive species, first record
Zoosystematica Rossica, 2022, 31(2): 332–335 ▪ Published online 30 December 2022
https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2022.31.2.332 ▪ Open full article 
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