G. Mohamed

First confirmed record of the giant date palm scale insect Pseudaspidoproctus hyphaeniacus (Hemiptera: Monophlebidae) infesting Phoenix dactylifera and Cynodon dactylon in Qena, Governorate, Egypt

Pseudaspidoproctus hyphaeniacus (Hall,1925) (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccoidea: Monophlebidae) is a giant scale insect belonging to the family Monophlebidae. The species was originally described in Egypt from the doum palm Hyphaene thebaica. The present study documents, for the first time, the occurrence of this specie...