Kozár, F., Gounari, S., Hodgson, C.J., Fetykó, K., & Goras, G. 2012 A new species of Physokermes Targioni Tozzetti (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae) from Greece. Zootaxa 3566:23-38

Notes: During surveys of scale insects in Greece, a new species of Physokermes (Coccidae: Coccoidea: Hemiptera), P. hellenicus Kozár & Gounari, sp. n., was collected on the conifer Abies cephalonica (Pinaceae). The adult male, adult female, thirdinstar female, second-instar male and female, and the first-instar nymphs are described. This is the first time a third-instar female has been found in the Kermesidae. A key is provided to identify the adult females of western Palaearctic species of Physokermes.