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Issue: Vol. 4375 No. 1: 23 Jan. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-01-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4375.1.7
Page range: 127–135
Abstract views: 128
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A review of the genus Saccharicoccus Ferris, 1950 (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae) in China, with description of a new species

The Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, No.35 Tsinghua East Road, Beijing, China, 100083.
The Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, No.35 Tsinghua East Road, Beijing, China, 100083.
The Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation of Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University, No.35 Tsinghua East Road, Beijing, China, 100083.
Hemiptera mealybugs minute pores COI distribution host-plants

Abstract

The mealybug genus Saccharicoccus Ferris includes three species: S. isfarensis (Borchsenius, 1949), S. sacchari (Cockerell, 1895) and a new species, S. chinensis Zhang, Wu & Wu sp. n. The new species, collected on Miscanthus sp. (Poaceae) and other poaceous weeds in China, is described and illustrated, and molecular analyses based on the mitochondrial gene cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) are provided. Additional data on the distribution and host-plants of each species are given, and a key to the adult females of Saccharicoccus species is provided.

 

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