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Issue: Vol. 1979 No. 1: 14 Jan. 2009
Type: Article
Published: 2009-01-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1979.1.1
Page range: 1–15
Abstract views: 29
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A new genus and four new species of the scale insect family Eriococcidae (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) from the Austro-Oriental Region

Plant Protection Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Herman Ottó út 15. 1022 Budapest, H-1525 P.O.Box 102, Hungary
Department of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, London, SW7 5BD, UK
Plant Protection Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Herman Ottó út 15. 1022 Budapest, H-1525 P.O.Box 102, Hungary
Hemiptera Taxonomy distribution key

Abstract

A new genus, Hoyicoccus Williams & Kozár gen. n., and two new species, Hoyicoccus hendersonae Kozár & Williams and Eriococcus szentivanyi Kozár & Williams are described from Sabah, Malaysia. In addition, the genus Sangicoccus Reyne is discussed: Sangicoccus truncatispinus (Reyne) is redescribed and two new species, namely Sangicoccus morrisoni Kozár & Konczné Benedicty and Sangicoccus reynei Kozár & Konczné Benedicty, are described. Sangicoccus is now known off palms from Irian Jaya and Sulawesi in Indonesia, and from the Philippines and Papua New Guinea. A key is provided for the separation of the known species of Sangicoccus.

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