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Denis Achiri Tange

  • Biodiversity Journal, 13 (3): 0495-0514

    Mohammed Biche, Khaoula Aroua, Nesrine Medani, Rachida Belguendouz, Lalia Boukhobza, Insaf Zaabta, Kaci Zakia, Lydia Dahmani, Cansu Ercan, Denis Achiri Tange, Mehmet Bora Kaydan & Abderahmane Chebli
    The armored scales (Homoptera Diaspididae) of Algeria
    https://doi.org/10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2022.13.3.495.514

    ABSTRACT
    Diaspididae (Hemiptera Coccomorpha) is one of the largest and most diverse family of scale insects and it contains many agricultural parasites worldwide. The study collected data from those previously reported in the literature over the period of 123 years. The inventory includes armored scales collected from field samples in several regions of Algeria as well as from a bibliographic survey. A critical review of the literature on armored scales in Algeria revealed the presence of 114 species, with mainly a palearctic distribution belonging to 48 genera distributed in four tribes. The Diaspidini tribe is the most abundant (50 species, 24 genera), followed by the Aspidiotini (47 species, 18 genera) and the Parlatorini (13 species, 4 genera) and finally the Odonaspidini (2 genera, 2 species). According to our survey, conducted between 1987 and 2020, 79 species were recorded, belonging to 37 genera distributed in four tribes. Compared to the Maghreb countries, Algeria has a significant coccidological richness in relation to the total number of species.