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Issue: Vol. 1573 No. 1: 3 Sept. 2007
Type: Article
Published: 2007-09-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1573.1.3
Page range: 51–64
Abstract views: 37
PDF downloaded: 4

New species and new records of Eriococcus (Hemiptera, Coccoidea, Eriococcidae) from South America

Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Département Systématique et Evolution, Entomologie CP 50, 45 rue Buffon, 75005-Paris, France
Plant Protection Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Herman Ottó út 15, 1022 Budapest, H 1525 Budapest P. O. Box 102, Hungary
Hemiptera Coccoidea Eriococcidae

Abstract

The adult females of five new species in the genus Eriococcus are described and illustrated: Eriococcus christopherus, E. longisetosus E. paranaensis, from Brazil, and E. maximus and E. venezuelaensis from Venezuela. In addition, the following are recorded for the first time: E. dubius (Cockerell), E. maximus and E. venezuelaensis from Brazil and Venezuela and E. rhadinothrix (Miller & González) from Brazil. The most widespread species was E. maximus, which was collected from Brazil, Paraguay and Venezuela. A taxonomic key is provided for the separation of the seven species studied.

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