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Issue: Vol. 3620 No. 4: 8 Mar. 2013
Type: Articles
Published: 2013-03-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3620.4.2
Page range: 518–532
Abstract views: 39
PDF downloaded: 1

Three new species of Kerria (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea: Tachardiidae), a redesciption of K. yunnanensis Ou & Hong, and a revised key to species of Kerria

Division of Entomology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India
Indian Institute of Natural Resins and Gums, Namkum, Ranchi 834010, India
Division of Entomology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India
Department of Biotechnology, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi 835215, India
Indian Institute of Natural Resins and Gums, Namkum, Ranchi 834010, India
Hemiptera Kerria lac insects new species key to species taxonomy

Abstract

Three new species of lac insect, Kerria Targioni-Tozzetti viz., Kerria manipurensis Ahmad & Ramamurthy sp. nov., Kerria maduraiensis Ahmad & Ramamurthy sp. nov., and Kerria thrissurensis Ahmad & Ramamurthy sp. nov. are described and illustrated. Kerria yunnanensis Ou & Hong is illustrated and redescribed, and a key to the known species of Kerria is provided. The usefulness of star pores as a diagnostic character in the subgeneric divisions of Kerria is also discussed.

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