New book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coccoidea
A catalogue of Palaearctic Coccoidea by F. Kozár (Editor) has recently been published. This catalogue includes all families of the scale insects known in the Palaearctic region (including Europe, Asia and North Africa, about 70 countries in detail). The species number included is 2170 in 372 genera (this number is about one third of the total species number of the World). This catalogue contains detailed indexes for distribution and host plants. Scale insects are not only a very important pest group, but they are also very important targets of old and new biological control projects, and most of the old and new success stories of biological control are related with scale insects (cassava mealybug, San José scale, white peach scale, Icerya etc). Now Europe is under a strong invasion pressure of scale insects, on fruits, citrus, ornamentals, flowers etc. As the Pulvinaria regalis problems on ornamentals in The Netherlands, etc. This catalogue was written by specialists from different countries (see the contents below). In the species list there are also many ;dangerous pest species of worldwide distribution, some considered as quarantine pests in different countries of the World, so the catalogue has a wider interest than just the Palaearctic region. The manuscript with indexes has 526 pages.
Contents :
Introduction (F. Kozár, Hungary, Budapest)
Systematic part
Aclerdidae (F. Kozár and J. Drozdják, Hungary, Budapest)
Asterolecaniidae (F. Kozár and J. Drozdják Hungary, Budapest)
Beesonidae (F. Kozár and J. Drozdják Hungary, Budapest)
Cerococcidae (F. Kozár and J. Drozdják Hungary, Budapest)
Coccidae (the Eriopeltinae J. Koteja, Poland, Cracow, and the rest F. Kozár and J. Drozdják Hungary, Budapest)
Conchaspididae (F. Kozár and J. Drozdják Hungary, Budapest)
Cryptococcidae (F. Kozár and J. Drozdják Hungary, Budapest)
Dactylopidae (F. Kozár and J. Drozdják Hungary, Budapest)
Diaspididae (E. M. Danzig, Russia, Sankt Petersburg and G. Pellizzari, Italy, Paova)
Eriococcidae (G. Köhler, Germany, Jena)
Halimococcidae (F. Kozár and J. Drozdják Hungary, Budapest)
Kermesidae (F. Kozár and J. Drozdják Hungary, Budapest)
Lecanodiaspididae (F. Kozár and J. Drozdják Hungary, Budapest)
Margarodidae (I. Földi, France, Paris)
Micrococcidae (F. Kozár and J. Drozdják, Hungary, Budapest)
Ortheziidae (C. Richard, France, Paris)
Phoenicoccidae (F. Kozár and J. Drozdják, Hungary, Budapest)
Pseudococcidae (F. Kozár, Hungary, Budapest)
Tachardiidae (F. Kozár and J. Drozdják, Hungary, Budapest)
To order:
The price is 95 USD+5 USD for postage.
Bank account No. 1020500-04924296 ABN AMRO BANK RT (1133 Budapest Pozsonyi u. 77-79), or a check (in any currency) to Dr. F. Kozár by letter. Plant Protection Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1525 Budapest Pf. 102, Hungary
Sources
Dr F. Kozár, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest (HU), 1999-04.