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Issue: Vol. 2274 No. 1: 28 Oct. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-10-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2274.1.4
Page range: 62–68
Abstract views: 66
PDF downloaded: 26

A new Paracoccus species from Palaearctic region (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Coccoidea, Pseudococcidae)

Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Fitosanitarie, Università di Catania, Via Santa Sofia 100, 95123 Catania, Italy
Departamento de Protecção de Plantas e de Fitoecologia, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal Centro de Estudos Florestais, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, 1340-017 Lisboa, Portugal
Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Fitosanitarie, Università di Catania, Via Santa Sofia 100, 95123 Catania, Italy
Hemiptera Paracoccus leucadendri sp. nov. P. claudus P. evae P. herreni P. invectus P. orsomi Iberian Peninsula

Abstract

A new mealybug species, Paracoccus leucadendri sp. nov., is described from Portugal. This is the first record of a Paracoccus species from Europe. It is suggested that its presence in Portugal is the result of a fortuitous introduction with its host plant, Leucadendron sp. (Proteaceae). An identification key is presented to distinguish this new Paracoccus species from other mealybug species reported on Proteaceae in the world.

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