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Issue: Vol. 1481 No. 1: 24 May. 2007
Type: Articles
Published: 2007-05-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1481.1.1
Page range: 1–19
Abstract views: 28
PDF downloaded: 2

A new species of Prionococcus (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea: Coccidae) from Mexico, with a discussion of its affinities

Dipartimento Agronomia Ambientale e Produzioni Vegetali – Entomologia. Università di Padova, Viale dell’Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, Italy
Department of Biodiversity and Systematic Biology, The National Museum of Wales, Cathay's Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NP, UK
Hemiptera Agave Mesolecanium

Abstract

The adult female, 1st-instar nymph, 2nd-instar female, 2nd-instar male, male puparium, prepupa, pupa, and adult male of a new species of Prionococcus Williams, Hodgson & Danzig, P. fontanai Pellizzari & Hodgson, are described and illustrated. Keys are given for the separation of the 3 species now in the genus Prionococcus and for separating the instars. The relationships of this genus within the family Coccidae are discussed.

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