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Issue: Vol. 2543 No. 1: 21 Jul. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-07-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2543.1.4
Page range: 51–63
Abstract views: 58
PDF downloaded: 34

A new species of Acanthococcus (Hemiptera, Coccoidea, Eriococcidae) on Leptospermum scoparium (Myrtaceae) from Italy and France

Università di Padova, Dipartimento di Agronomia Ambientale e Produzioni Vegetali - Entomologia, Viale dell’Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, Italy
Laboratoire National de la Protection des Végétaux, Station de Montpellier. CBGP Campus International de Baillarguet. CS 30016 34988 Montferrier-sur-Lez, France
Hemiptera Acanthococcus mariannae felt scales Italy France identification key

Abstract

The adult female, 1 st -instar nymph, 2 nd -instar male and 2 nd -instar female nymphs of a new species of felt scale, Acanthococcus mariannae Pellizzari, are described and illustrated. The new species was collected off Leptospermum scoparium (Myrtaceae) in Italy and France. An identification key of Eriococcid species known to occur on Leptospermum spp is also provided.

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