Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 9() 1964
Investigations on Scale Insects (Homoptera, Coccoidea) of the Pieniny Mountains
Abstract:
The fauna of scale insects on the territory of the Pieniny has not hitherto been investigated. Only Kawecki gave 8 species in his works (1938, 1948, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1958a) and Żak-Ogaza pointed out a further 9 (1961). As the result of the recently carried out research it was possible to establish the appearance of all the species already described [with the exception of Porphyrophora polonica (L.)] as well as 20 new ones of which 12 had not been noted in the Polish fauna. Altogether 37 species of scale insects were registered on the territory of the Pieniny Mountains. Due to the fact that Professor Z. Kawecki made his collection available to the present authors for investigation — for which they would like to express their gratitude to him — they give not only the localities determined during their own research, but also a number of localities which have not yet been published by Kawecki; thus the picture of the settlements of scale insects on the territory of the Pieniny is fuller.
