Hemiberlesia lataniae (Signoret, 1869) Recorded by Borg (1932) as frequent on Livistona chinensis, L. australis and other palms. Material examined: MALTA, Bir id-Deheb, 20.iii.1994, 5 ♀♀ on unidentified succulent plant, DM; Bir id-Deheb, 22.iv.1994, 2 ♀♀ on Vitis vinifera, DM; Bir id-Deheb, 22.iv.1994, 2 ♀♀ on V. vinifera, DM; Marsa, Għammieri, 24.ii.1997, 4 ♀♀ on Morus sp., CF; Valletta, Upper Barrakka Gardens, 13.ii.2012, 2 ♀♀ on Cycas revoluta, CM; Qawra, 14.ii.2012, 4 ♀♀ on C. revoluta, CM; Qawra, 15.ii.2012, 6 ♀♀ on Ficus carica, CM; Qawra, 16.ii.2012, 22 ♀♀ on bark of Lonicera implexa, CM; Qawra, 16.ii.2012, 3 ♀♀ on Olea europaea, CM; Vittoriosa, 16.ii.2012, 14 ♀♀ on Hedera helix and Yucca sp., CM. GOZO, Kercem, Dawara Valley, 16.iii.1994, 5 ♀♀ on Laurus nobilis, SA; Xewkija, 16.iii.1994, 5 ♀♀ on Eriobotrya japonica, GW.

Published as part of Mifsud, David, Mazzeo, Gaetana, Russo, Agatino & Watson, Gillian W., 2014, The scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) of the Maltese Archipelago, pp. 499-525 in Zootaxa 3866 (4) on page 510, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3866.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/4930613