Parasaissetia nigra(SAISNI)
Distribution details in Malta
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2014: Absent, invalid record
* Mifsud D, Mazzeo G, Russo A, Watson GW (2014) The scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of the Maltese Archipelago. Zootaxa 3866(4), 499-525.
------- The record from Pellizzari & Germain (2010) is an error. This scale has never been collected from the Maltese Archipelago.
* Pellizzari G & Germain JF (2010) Scales (Hemiptera, superfamily Coccoidea). Chapter 9.3. In: Roques A, Kenis M, Lees D, Lopez-Vaamonde C, Rabitsch W, Rasplus JY, Roy D (eds.) Alien terrestrial arthropods of Europe. BioRisk 4(1), 475–510.
------- The record from Pellizzari & Germain (2010) is an error. This scale has never been collected from the Maltese Archipelago.
* Pellizzari G & Germain JF (2010) Scales (Hemiptera, superfamily Coccoidea). Chapter 9.3. In: Roques A, Kenis M, Lees D, Lopez-Vaamonde C, Rabitsch W, Rasplus JY, Roy D (eds.) Alien terrestrial arthropods of Europe. BioRisk 4(1), 475–510.