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Issue: Vol. 3774 No. 2: 5 Mar. 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-03-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3774.2.3
Page range: 152–164
Abstract views: 56
PDF downloaded: 1

A new genus and species of felt scale (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Eriococcidae) from New Caledonia

Department of Biodiversity and Biological Systematics, The National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, CF10 3NP.
Institut Agronomique néo-Caledonien, IAC, Axe 1 Station de Recherches Fruitières de Pocquereux, Laboratoire d’Entomologie Appliquée, BP 32, 98880, La Foa, New Caledonia.
Institut Agronomique néo-Caledonien, IAC, Axe 1 Station de Recherches Fruitières de Pocquereux, Laboratoire d’Entomologie Appliquée, BP 32, 98880, La Foa, New Caledonia.
Hemiptera Coccoidea Eriococcidae

Abstract

A new genus of Eriococcidae, Choneochiton Hodgson, is introduced to take a new species, Choneochiton casuarinae     Hodgson, Mille & Cazères, off Casuarina collina (Casuarinaceae) from New Caledonia.  All stages except the pupa and prepupa are described and illustrated.  The new species is thought to be endemic to New Caledonia.