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Rhizoecus colombiensis Ramos & Caballero, a new species of hypogeal mealybug (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Rhizoecidae) and a key to the species of Rhizoecus from Colombia

Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario (ICA), Dirección Técnica de Sanidad Vegetal; Grupo Taxonomía y Sistemática de Insectos, Museo Entomológico UNAB; Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Grupo Taxonomía y Sistemática de Insectos, Museo Entomológico UNAB. Bogotá, Colombia.
Hemiptera hypogeal mealybugs Neotropic roots

Abstract

A new species belonging to Rhizoecus Künckel d’Herculais (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Rhizoecidae) is described, with hosts and distribution data in the New World. A dichotomous and illustrated key for the twelve species of Rhizoecus recorded from Colombia is presented.

 

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