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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: 110
PDF downloaded: 5

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.

How to Cite

Hodgson, C., Mille, C. & Cazères, S. (2014)

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

. Zootaxa, 3774 (2), 152–164. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3774.2.3