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Issue: Vol. 5588 No. 2: 14 Feb. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-02-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.2.9
Page range: 351-362
Abstract views: 173
PDF downloaded: 10

Description of a new species of Marsipococcus Cockerell & Bueker (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) from China, with a key to all the species

Institute of Entomology; Guizhou University; The Provincial Special Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Insect Resources; Guizhou University; Guiyang; 550025 P. R. China.
Science: Research; the Natural History Museum; Cromwell Road; London SW7 5BD; U.K.
Institute of Entomology; Guizhou University; The Provincial Special Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Insect Resources; Guizhou University; Guiyang; 550025 P. R. China.
Hemiptera Coccoidea distribution key Sternorrhyncha taxonomy

Abstract

The adult female and adult male of a new species of Marsipococcus, M. maolanensis Deng, Watson & Xing, sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae), are described and illustrated from Guizhou Province, China, on Bridelia retusa (Phyllanthaceae). A key is given to all five species in the genus.

 

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