title: Scale Insects, edition 2, a tool for the identification of potential pest scales at U.S.A. ports-of-entry (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Coccoidea).
abstract: We provide a general overview of features and technical specifications of an online, interactive tool for the identification of scale insects of concern to the U.S.A. ports-of-entry. Full lists of terminal taxa included in the keys (of which there are four), a list of features used in them, and a discussion of the structure of the tool are provided. We also briefly discuss the advantages of interactive keys for the identification of potential scale insect pests. The interactive key is freely accessible on http://idtools.org/id/scales/index.php.
authors.affiliation: Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA.
authors.forename: Douglass R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.affiliation: Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch, California Department of Food and Agriculture, Sacramento, CA 95832, USA.
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rung
authors.affiliation: Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch, California Department of Food and Agriculture, Sacramento, CA 95832, USA ; California Agricultural Support Services, Sacramento, CA 95811, USA.
authors.forename: Grishma
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Parikh
keywords: Agricultural pest; Coccoidea; Identification tool; Interactive key; Lucid; Scale insects