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Issue: Vol. 5512 No. 2: 19 Sept. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-09-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5512.2.7
Page range: 233-239
Abstract views: 505
PDF downloaded: 156

A new species of the soft scale insect genus Pulvinaria Targioni Tozzetti (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) on Rhododendron spp. in Northern Europe

Naturhistorisches Museum Wien; 2. Zoologische Abteilung; Burgring 7; 1010 Wien; Austria
Department of Biodiversity and Biological Systematics; The National Museum of Wales; Cardiff; CF10 3NP; U.K.
Hemiptera Sternorrhyncha Coccoidea damage Pulvinaria rhododendri Pulvinaria camelicola

Abstract

A new species of Pulvinaria, P. rhododendri Kahrer & Hodgson sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae), found on Rhododendron spp. (Ericaceae) in Denmark and Norway, is described and illustrated. Taxonomically, it appears to be close to P. camelicola Signoret and P. floccifera (Westwood). The geographic area of origin is uncertain but it has probably been introduced into northern Europe on imported live plant material. We also record P. camelicola from Norway for the first time, on Rhododendron sp.

 

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