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Issue: Vol. 3734 No. 4: 7 Nov. 2013
Type: Article
Published: 2013-11-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3734.4.2
Page range: 442–452
Abstract views: 87
PDF downloaded: 2

Three new species of Kerria (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Tachardiidae) from India

Division of Entomology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India
Division of Entomology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India
Indian Institute of Natural Resins and Gums, Namkum, Ranchi 834010, India
Indian Institute of Natural Resins and Gums, Namkum, Ranchi 834010, India
Department of Biotechnology, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi 835215, India
Indian Institute of Natural Resins and Gums, Namkum, Ranchi 834010, India
Kerria new species lac insects key India

Abstract

Three new species of Kerria Targioni-Tozzetti from India, namely Kerria pennyae Ahmad & Ramamurthy sp. nov. on Schleichera oleosa from Orissa, Kerria dubeyi Ahmad & Ramamurthy sp. nov. on Ficus bengalensis from Bangalore and Kerria varshneyi Ahmad & Ramamurthy sp. nov. on Ziziphus mauritiana from Punjab are described and illustrated, and a key is provided to species of Kerria known from India.