Identification of species belonging to the family Diaspididae (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) in park and ornamental plants in Dalaman, Köyceğiz and Marmaris districts of Muğla province

In this research conducted the armored scale insect being harmful on parks and ornamental plants in Dalaman, Köyceğiz and Marmaris districts of the Muğla province between 2018-2019 years. The samples were obtained from the branches and leaves of the park and ornamental plants with the species belonging to Diaspididae family. The samples was took on parks of manucipality, way edges, house gardens, picnic areas, groves, school gardens, cemeteries, botanical parks, workplace gardens, animal zoo and were made their preparations in laboratuary identified and taken photos. As a results of identification, 9 species were determined belonging to Diaspididae family. These are Aonidiella aurantii (Maskell, 1879), Aonidiella citrina (Coquillett, 1891), Aspidiotus nerii (Bouche, 1833), Carulaspis minima (Signoret, 1869), Lepidosaphes malicola (Borchsenius, 1947), Lepidosaphes ulmi (Linnaeus, 1758), Melanaspis inapinota (Leonardi, 1913), Parlatoria oleae (Colvée, 1880), Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (Targioni Tozzetti, 1886). Carulaspis minima (Signoret, 1869), Lepidosaphes malicola (Borchsenius, 1947) and Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (Targioni Tozzetti, 1886), species are the first record for Muğla province. For the first time in the world, Lepidosaphes ulmi (Linnaeus, 1758) was found on Liquidambar orientalis and Aonidiella citrina (Coquillett, 1891) was found on Acacia saligna. Key Words: Muğla, Diaspididae, Ornamental plant, Park, Scale insect