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Issue: Vol. 5104 No. 4: 1 Mar. 2022
Type: Article
Published: 2022-03-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5104.4.3
Page range: 531-544
Abstract views: 285
PDF downloaded: 19

Taxonomic notes on the genus Cyphococcus Laing (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae), with description of a new species from India

Division of Germplasm Collection and Characterization, National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Post Bag No. 2491, H.A. Farm post, Bellary Road, Bengaluru 560 024, Karnataka, India
Division of Germplasm Collection and Characterization, National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Post Bag No. 2491, H.A. Farm post, Bellary Road, Bengaluru 560 024, Karnataka, India
Indian Institute of Natural Resins & Gums (ICAR), Namkum, Ranchi - 834 010, Jharkhand, India
Division of Genomic Resources, National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Post Bag No. 2491, H.A. Farm post, Bellary Road, Bengaluru 560 024, Karnataka, India
Hemiptera soft scale insect Sternorrhyncha Annona reticulata Pongamia pinnata Cyphococcinae

Abstract

The adult female, first-instar nymph, male pupa and adult male of a new species of the genus Cyphococcus Laing (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) from India, C. williamsi Joshi & Rajgopal sp. n., are described and illustrated. This is the first record of the genus Cyphococcus and the subfamily Cyphococcinae from the Oriental region. Information on distribution, biology, host plants, associated coccinellid predators and hymenopteran parasitoids is given.

 

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