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Issue: Vol. 3336 No. 1: 6 Jun. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-06-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3336.1.2
Page range: 36–50
Abstract views: 75
PDF downloaded: 37

Description of nymphal instars and adult female of Kermes vermilio Planchon (Hemiptera, Coccoidea, Kermesidae), with a synopsis of the European and Mediterranean species

University of Padova, Dipartimento di Agronomia, Animali, Alimenti, Risorse Naturali e Ambiente DAFNAE, viale dell’Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, Italy
Università di Bari Aldo Moro, DiBCA sez. Entomologia e Zoologia, via Amendola 165A, 70126 Bari, Italy
Università di Bari Aldo Moro, DiBCA sez. Entomologia e Zoologia, via Amendola 165A, 70126 Bari, Italy
Università della Basilicata, Dipartimento di Biologia, Difesa e Biotecnologie Agro-forestali, Potenza, Italy
Hemiptera gall-like scales morphology instar descriptions identification key

Abstract

The morphology of the 1st-instar, 2nd-instar male and female, 3rd-instar female and adult female of Kermes vermilio Planchon (Hemiptera Coccoidea Kermesidae) are described and illustrated; micrographs of some morphological details are also provided. An identification key to instars and a table showing the present status of knowledge on the morphology of European and Mediterranean Kermes instars is included.

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