title: Check list and zoogeographic analysis of the scale insect fauna (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) of Greece.
abstract: This paper presents an updated checklist of the Greek scale insect fauna and the results of the first zoogeographic analysis of the Greek scale insect fauna. According to the latest data, the scale insect fauna of the whole Greek territory includes 207 species; of which 187 species are recorded from mainland Greece and the minor islands, whereas only 87 species are known from Crete. The most rich families are the Diaspididae (with 86 species), followed by Coccidae (with 35 species) and Pseudococcidae (with 34 species). In this study the results of a zoogeographic analysis of scale insect fauna from mainland Greece and Crete are also presented. Five species, four from mainland Greece and one from Crete are considered to be endemic. Comparison with the scale insect fauna of other countries is provided.
authors.affiliation: University of Padova, Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment DAFNAE, viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, Italy.; Email: giuseppina.pellizzari@unipd.it.
authors.forename: Giuseppina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pellizzari
authors.affiliation: University of Padova, Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment DAFNAE, viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, Italy.; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Evangelia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chadzidimitriou
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Biological Control, Department of Entomology and Agricultural Zoology, Benaki Phytopathological Institute, Athens, Greece; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Panagiotis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Milonas
authors.affiliation: Technological Educational Institute of Peloponnese, Department of Agricultural Technology, Laboratory of Agricultural Entomology and Zoology, 24100 Antikalamos, Greece; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: George J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Stathas
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Plant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Herman Otto 15, 1022 Budapest, Hungary; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Ferenc
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kozár
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D057189:Checklist; D006115:Greece; D006430:Hemiptera / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology