Fiorinia phoenicis Balachowsky, 1967

Moghaddam, Masoumeh & Zarghami, Sara, 2024, Scale insect species (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha) on the date palms (Phoenix dactylifera) in Iran with description of a new species, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10 (4), pp. 769-779 : 772

Fiorinia phoenicis Balachowsky, 1967 ( Fig. 1C)

Material examined. on Ph. dactylifera ( Arecaceae ). FARS: 9♀♀, Jahrom (28°29'42.5"N, 53°33'28.7"E, 950 m a.s.l.), 8.xi.1993 ; 11♀♀, Shiraz (29°37'53"N, 52°32'07"E), 1.xii.1997 ; HORMOZGAN: 5♀♀, Khark (29°15'43"N, 50°19'26"E), 15.iv.1999 ; SISTAN-o BALOUCHESTAN: 2♀♀, Iranshahr, Damen (27°22'50"N, 60°46'20"E), 17.iv.2005 ; 3♀♀, Nikshahr, Hichan (26°50'15.7"N, 61°10'03.6"E), 1.x.2009 ; 8♀♀, Rask, Jahli- Tandar (27°36'01"N, 62°34'26"E), 1.v.2003 ; 5♀♀, Saravan (27°38'41"N, 62°31'14"E), 29.iv.1995 .

Remarks. Fiorinia phoenicis was described from Iran and this is monophagous on date palm ( Balachowsky, 1967); in addition, it has been recorded in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Spain ( García Morales et al., 2016, Elwan et al., 2011; Radwan, 2012). There are no records of the damage of this species in Iran.