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Issue: Vol. 4092 No. 1: 15 Mar. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-03-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4092.1.7
Page range: 122–128
Abstract views: 73
PDF downloaded: 3

A new species in the indigenous New Zealand soft scale insect genus Kalasiris Henderson & Hodgson (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) on Gahnia setifolia (Cyperaceae)

Department of Biodiversity and Biological Systematics, The National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, CF10 3NP, South Wales.
Plant Health and Environment Laboratory, Ministry for Primary Industries, P.O. Box 2095, Auckland 1140, New Zealand.
Plant Health and Environment Laboratory, Ministry for Primary Industries, P.O. Box 2095, Auckland 1140, New Zealand.
Hemiptera Sternorrhyncha Coccomorpha Coccidae

Abstract

The genus Kalasiris Henderson & Hodgson (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) is currently only known from New Zealand. The adult female and pupa of a new species, K. martini Hodgson & Richmond are described and illustrated below and the possible taxonomic relationships of the genus to other New Zealand genera are discussed.

 

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