EPPO Global Database

Parasaissetia nigra(SAISNI)

Distribution details in Portugal (Azores)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2011: Present, few occurrences
From CABI Pest map 573 (1997): Present, few occurrences
From NPPO: Present, few occurrences
Comments
Very restricted distribution.
References
* Ben-Dov Y (1993) A systematic catalogue of the soft scale insects of the world. Sandhill Crane Press, 536 pp.

* Borges PAV, Vieira V, Dinis F, Jarroca S (2005) List of arthropods. In: Borges PAV, Cunha R, Gabriel R, Martins AF, Silva L, Vieira V (eds.) (2005) A list of the terrestrial fauna (Mollusca and Arthropoda) and flora (Bryophyta, Pteridophyta and Spermatophyta) from the Azores. Direcção Regional do Ambiente and Universidade dos Açores, Horta, Angra do Heroísmo and Ponta Delgada, 318 pp.
------- Sao Miguel island.

* Franco JC, Russo A, Marotta S (2011) An annotated checklist of scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of Portugal, including Madeira and Azores Archipelagos. Zootaxa 3004, 1-32.

* Lopes DJH, Figueiredo A, Macedo N, Santos AM, Silva LL, Dilva DD, Carvalho MCF, Mexia AMM (2007) XI International Symposium on Scale Insect Studies - ISSIS (24 a 27 de Setembro 2007), 153-154.
------- Terceira island (no damage reported).
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Spain Islas Canárias Present, restricted distribution view...
Spain Present, restricted distribution view...